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Updated 6/17/09

All National Business Group on Health Tobacco and Tobacco Cessation Resources/Publications

The National Business Group on Health does not endorse any of the websites listed here. This page provides employers with a sample of available tobacco cessation resources and publications.

Health Information

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36383#tobacco

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10_1.asp?sitearea=PED

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
http://tobaccofreekids.org/abc/frameset.htm

Smoke-Free Families
http://www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Surgeon General's 2004 Report
The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/flash/index.html

World Health Organization
Health Risks
http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas9.pdf

Treatment Options

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2004 Surgeon General's Report
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/index.htm#full

North American Quitline Consortium
Telephone-based programs throughout the United States, Canada and Europe
http://www.naquitline.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Telephone Quitlines: A Resource for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/cessation/quitlines/index.htm

American Society of Addiction Medicine
http://www.asam.org/

American Psychological Association
Addictions
http://www.apa.org/topics/topicaddict.html

Business Case

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and Center for Health Research
Kaiser Permanente

Tobacco ROI calculator
www.businesscaseroi.org

American Cancer Society
ROI Calculator for Tobacco
http://www.acsworkplacesolutions.com/tobaccocalculator.asp

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Save Lives, Save Money: Make your Business Smoke-Free
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/00_pdfs/save_lives_save_money.pdf

Pacific Business Group on Health
Tobacco Cessation Benefit Coverage and Consumer Engagement Strategies: A California Perspective
http://www.pbgh.org/documents/PBGH-CDC_TobaccoCessation_06-2008.pdf

Partnership for Prevention
Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for the Workplace
http://www.prevent.org/content/view/133/

Smoking Cessation Central
www.smokingcessationcentral.com

Health Plan Benefits

National Business Group on Health
A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage
http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/benefitstopics/topics/purchasers/index.cfm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Practical Guide to Working with Health-Care Systems on Tobacco-Use Treatment
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/cessation/00_pdfs/Toolkit.pdf
Making your Workplace Smoke-Free: A Decision Makers Guide
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/00_pdfs/fullguide.pdf

Worksite Programs and Policies

American Lung Association
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI)
http://slati.lungusa.org/states.asp
Smoking Policies in the Workplace Fact Sheet
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36000

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs–2007
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/stateandcommunity/ best_practices/index.htm

Partnership for Prevention
Smoke-Free Policies: Establishing a Smoke-Free Ordinance to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Indoor Worksites and Public Places—An Action Guide (2007)
http://www.prevent.org/actionguides/SmokeFreePolicies.pdf

Task Force on Community Preventive Services
Decreasing Tobacco Use in Worksite Settings: Smoke-free Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use among Workers
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/worksite/smokefreepolicies.html

Global

World Health Organization
General Information
http://www.who.int/topics/tobacco/en/
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic
http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/
Tobacco Control Country Profiles
http://www.who.int/tobacco/global_data/country_profiles/en/index.html

Disparities

The National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty
http://www.healthedcouncil.org/nntpp/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Smoking & Tobacco Use
Health Disparities
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/health_disparities/index.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1998 Surgeon General's Report-Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_1998/index.htm

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