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Motorsport Sponsorship as a Vehicle for Tobacco Prevention - Paper presented at a conference on social marketing analyses the effectiveness of an innovative tobacco prevention program: sponsoring a race car.

Study Shows Philip Morris's Anti-Smoking Ads Make Kids More Likely to Smoke - Recent research shows that Philip Morris's "Think, Don't Smoke" ads make kids more likely to smoke, while anti-smoking ads designed by health groups decrease smoking.

Drug Class Drug Information and Resources - Provides resources, information, and training about licit and illicit drugs, as well as references for drug recognition experts and prosecutors.

The Tobacco Companies and Bankruptcy - UCSF policy analysis paper; concludes that while bankruptcy would change the scene, it wouldn't favor the tobacco industry over public health.

Smoking Sucks - Fighting for a smokefree Newfoundland and Labrador.

Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs - A think tank promoting debate and policy initiatives in the field of substance misuse in Wales, UK. Includes history, press releases, current events, links, and contact details.

Economics of Tobacco Control - 500 million people alive today will die of tobacco-related diseass. Modest action by governments could prevent millions and millions of deaths, without harming economies, according to this report.

StepUpNC.com - A place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control. Teens can come here to learn more about the perils of smoking, to find out how to quit, to become an activist, or just to see what other teens around North Carolina are doing about tobacco prevention and control.

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - Resource for current and comprehensive information about substance abuse prevention and treatment.

Smoke-Free Families - Innovations to stop smoking during and beyond pregnancy: a new national partnership that can dramatically improve the health of mothers and their babies, while saving lives and cutting health care costs.

Educational Support Materials on Cancer - Reports and slide presentations on tobacco industry youth prevention programs, kids and tobacco, and spit tobacco. In Word and PowerPoint format.

Network International - Coalition for On-line Resources - NI-COR contains articles and directories for addictions, prevention, recovery, drug use, alcoholism, health and wellness, medical issues, and social issues.

The Case Against Tobacco Advertising - Scientific and policy analysis by the Coronary Prevention Group, a nonprofit organization that does not accept corporate funding.

Health News: Teen Smokers - Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.

Join Together Online: Substance Abuse - A national resource center for communities working to reduce drug use, alcohol abuse, tobacco problems, and gun violence.

The Norwegian ban on Aadvertising of Tobacco Products -- Has it Worked? - Careful analysis of consumption and prevalence rates, among different populations and in general.

Sweet as Candy, Deadly as Cigarettes - Time magazine article on bidis.

DHHS Workplace Resource Center - Department of Health and Human Services offers information for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse in the workplace. Includes resources for employers and employees.

Kids, Tobacco, and the Civil Enforcement of Latent Laws - Paper comparing different approaches to getting laws enforced that prohibit sales to kids. Compares Driscoll, Mangini.

Curtailing Youth Smoking - Article in medical journal examines why cigarettes are so available to teens, and finds that tobacco companies undermine laws to prevent it.

Drug Abuse Statistics - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presents national and state prevalence and trends in illegal drug use, the non-medical use of prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

Report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Tobacco Investments - University of Michigan considers whether to own tobacco stock; a report of the committee appointed to study the question.

Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco (C.O.S.T.) - "Tobacco companies are preying upon children. The tobacco industry spends millions of dollars every day hoping to lure kids into the deadly habit of smoking. Learn how to fight back."

PsychArts - Drug Addiction - We want immediate gratification of the desire to be free of the Problem of Immediate Gratification [the PIG]. But it takes time to develop the requisite competencies.

Restricting Youth Access to Tobacco: Does it Reduce Youth Tobacco Consumption? - Summary of the research by ANR concludes the evidence is poor that youth access strategies are effective in reducing consumption.

WHO: Tobacco Use by Children - WHO factsheet. Tobacco has been called "a pediatric disease" because almost all smokers start smoking, and become addicted to nicotine, while children. A rundown by WHO on how the tobacco industry views young smokers, how tobacco affects children both firsthand and secondhand, and why kids smoke: to be like adults.

The Self-Medication Hypothesis - A theory of the causation of addictions. This site explores both Khantzian's psychoanalytic model and Duncan's behavioral model of the hypothesis.

Clean Indoor Air as a Youth Protection Strategy - ANR analysis puts forward a short summary of smokefree environments as a youth tobacco protection and prevention strategy.

Tobacco Free Kids - Campaign attempting to protect children from tobacco addiction by raising awareness of it's use.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University - Think tank that focuses on the study of all forms of substance abuse, and how it affects society.

How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards - Analysis by Brion Fox and Stan Glantz of how the proposed June 20th 1997 "global settlement" deal compared with established standards.

ODAIS (Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies) - Conducts prevention and cessation research, predominantly with youth. Developed and researched the ALA's new smoking cessation program for youth, Not On Tobacco.

MEDLINEplus - Drug Abuse - Resource that provides links to a wide range of substance abuse resources, provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws - 1998 report by the Congressional Research Service casts doubt on effectiveness of industry-sponsored programs and industry-sponsored youth access legislation, whose main purpose appears to be pre-empt local programs.

New Jersey REBEL - Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies. "We are telling Big Tobacco, we're not for sale".

A National Plan To Improve Substance Abuse Treatment - Details a proposal by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of a new initiative for dealing with chemical dependency. In .pdf format.

Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. - Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health.

FDA - Children and Tobacco - Children and Tobacco: The Food and Drug Administration finds that nicotine in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is a drug. and that these products are drug delivery devices.

The Drug CD: An Interactive Guide to Drugs and Addiction - Interactive guide to drugs, addiction, and treatment.

Smoking, The African American Community and The Proposed National Settlement - Scholarly article analyzes how well the proposed June 20 1997 federal tobacco deal addresses the impact of tobacco on the African American community; internal tobacco industry documents are cited on how the industry targetted African Americans.

Nicotine Free Kids - Online web community for teenagers including information on smoking and tobacco. Sponsored by PICS, Inc., and features ads of their quit-smoking products.

Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Addiction Research - Information about this Austrian Research Centre on Addiction and free downloads of research reports in German and English Language.

Social Climate of Tobacco Control - Report from the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University; covers tobacco control in Mississippi and in America; youth and adult smoking prevalence trends.

ANR: Youth and Tobacco - Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights information on youth and tobacco; clean indoor air as a youth protection strategy; tobacco industry "prevention" programs; and research on effectiveness of restricting youth access to tobacco.

Project CORK - Alcohol and other drug abuse information directed to health care professionals, includes a bibliographic database, bibliographies, clinical instruments, newsletters, educational tools.

Tobacco Control in Jails - What can be done about secondhand smoke in perhaps the ultimate "group housing" -- jail. Guide to implementation of a smokefree policy; planning for change; a tale of two jails; resources.

PartnerSWAT - Many resources for the SWAT organization. "Our cause is to help teenagers realize that tobacco companies are targeting teens and we are fighting them."

Facts About Drugs & Other Substances - Information on a variety of substances (e.g. alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, tranquillizers and sleeping pills, tobacco, etc.), including their short-and long-term effects.

Making the Case: Counter Advertising as a Tobacco Use Deterrent - Counter advertising can be effective, but its effectiveness depends on factors such as adequate, long term funding; ability to administer the campaign from from political interference; a broad-based focus rather than one exclusively tragetting children.

SPLAT! - Students Protesting Lies About Tobacco! Youth tobacco education and activism organization based in Thurston County, Washington.

National Substance Abuse Web Index - Search engine to index 26 authoritative public interest and U.S. government sites on the Internet. Find useful information on prevention, treatment, alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs on the Web.

Risk Perception and Communication: Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child Health - Tobacco use and ETS issues present a significant challenge to conventional notions of risk communication. Conventional forms of message delivery, have failed utterly in the case of tobacco use. Paper examines this quandry.

youthtobacco.com - Tobacco intervention and cessation programs for youth.

Online Recovery Anonymous - Provides a range of Internet recovery services for substance misusers/abusers (alcohol, illegal or prescriptions drugs, tobacco), and their family and friends.

Best Practices for Reducing the Health Toll from Tobacco in Wyoming - Summary of best practices in tobacco prevention; how it works and why.

Delaware Kick Butts Generation - Tobacco prevention and tobacco control for Delaware youth.

12 Step Recovery - Argues that 12 Step Recovery programs are the most effective means of overcoming addictions to drugs or alcohol.

Effective Antismoking Ads - Summarizes findings of recent research on effectiveness of antismoking ads.

Nebraska Teens Kick Nicotine - Nebraska teens promote tobacco education and cessation. Tobacco news, events, and facts.

The Neurobiology of Substance Abuse - Conducts workshops workshops on the neurobiology of substance abuse with laboratory research where students do research.

CDC confirms tough anti-tobacco campaigns reduce smoking rates - The federal government says tough anti-smoking campaigns have been successful in several states.

Teenz247 - Smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol.

The Loyola Group - 20 hours of short & specific audio talks, dealing with alcohol/drug recovery topics.

Policy on Nicotine and Tobacco - Short policy statement from Virginia Commonwealth University outlines College on Problems of Drug Dependence position on nicotine and tobacco use.

Full Court Press - A Tucson, Arizona program dedicated to reducing teen smoking. Provides sections on research, advertising, smokefree air, tobacco industry manipulation, and how to report smoking violations in your area.

The Anti-12 Steps - Argues that by understanding these Anti-steps, the 12 steps make more sense, and seem more real.

Harris Poll: Tobacco Addiction - Reveals that 70% of all people still smoking have tried to quit, on average four times, and most are aware of tobacco's health effects; poll results called a metric of the power of tobacco addiction.

Changing the Environment to Help Kids Grow up Tobacco-Free - "Children do not simply 'choose' to smoke. They are greatly influenced by their environment, which is greatly influenced by public policies. Children are much more likely to smoke if they are surrounded by attractive tobacco advertising and promotion; if their favorite sport is sponsored by a tobacco company; if their film idols smoke in the movies; if they see people smoking all around them; and if tobacco products are cheap and readily available to them."

Stepping Stones Restoration Ministry - Non-profit Christian fellowship that ministers to the chemically dependent.

California Tobacco Policy Experience - Papers and factsheets on adult smoking trends in California; California's tobacco education media campaign; do doctors advise their smoker patients to quit smoking; the response of Californians to secondhand smoke; youth smoking trends in California.

Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - Facts and games to help kids stop smoking. Learn about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke and join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign.

Lorestan Therapeutic Community - Iranian governmental treatment and rehabilitation center for substance abusers. Located in Khorram Abad.

Tobacco Row Under Siege - Investment article. "A sudden upsurge in major lawsuits against tobacco companies has turned previously unconcerned pension funds into shareholder activists."

standonline.org - Provides an online community where you can have fun, interact, and take a stand with others against Big Tobacco.

California Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Forums. - Open forums and news for professional addiction couselors.

Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy - Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected.

The Point is - Freeport, Long Island, organization fighting youth smoking.

Heroin Awareness Foundation - Offers information about the effects of this drug, and consequences of abuse.

Final Report of The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public HealthAction on Smoking and Health (ASH) - The Koop-Kessler report, nicely HTML-ized.

Saratoga County Reality Check - Movement made up of teens from every county in New York State who want to tell the tobacco industry that if they think they can keep targeting New York teens without any resistance, they need a Reality Check.

Alcohol and Teen Drinking - Information and resources for further research.

Only Aggressive Anti-Smoking Ad Campaigns Succeed - UCSF research analyses anti-smoking campaigns, concludes that only aggressive ad campaigns backed by public health advocates succeed.

An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid - A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid.

The Missouri Alcoholism Research Center - Focus of the research program of the MARC concerns the etiology and course of alcohol problems and associated comorbidity in adolescents and youth. Center-wide research themes involve testing three classes of mediational models for alcoholism risk.

State Programs Offer Lessons on Anti-Tobacco Media Campaigns - Reuters article summarizes research and experience.

Philip Morris Schoolbook Covers - Commercial Alert takes a hard look at Philip Morris's giveaway of school book covers.

Alcoholism Counseling Service-New York Psychotherapy referrals - Free referrals to ACS psychotherapists who are trained in the area of substance abuse.

CECHE Tobacco Policy Fact Sheets - Set of short papers from CECHE, a private nonprofit health policy organization. Addresses US policy that affects international tobacco use; tobacco advertising and promotion; women and tobacco; smuggling.

Tobacco Marketing to Young People - Industry youth-oriented marketing strategies in the US and around the world.

Alcohol Checkup - A four-part questionnaire to help people evaluate their drinking, and decide if they want to make changes.

Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction - Online 300 page book.

The Marlboro Man lives - Article in Salon magazine. "Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth."

AlcoholScreening.org - Provides online self-assessment tools and health-based information to help individuals identify risky drinking patterns or current alcohol problems.

The Political and Ethical Responsibility of the Physician in controlling the Tobacco Epidemic - Editorial from the Eurpoean Respiratory Society explores what physicians can and should do to combat tobacco.

Question It - Spotlights how the tobacco industry targets youth.

Savon Alcohol Abuse - A detailed overview and links on how to get further information.

Washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Politics and Policy - Collection of stories from the Washington Post on tobacco politics and policy.

Tobacco Industry Youth Programs Alert - "Tobacco companies use their youth programs to improve their public image; thus, making them appear to be good corporate citizens while they continue to addict young smokers"

Uncle Bobby's Finally Sober - A straight-talk book with hope for those struggling with alcohol addiction. By Bob Lang.

Recovering Tobacco-Caused Public Expenditures from the Tobacco Industry - Tobacco causes Canada about CDN$20 billion a year. Paper presents policy analysis of different ways to recover those costs.

Adolescent Exposure to Cigarette Advertising in Magazines - Slide presentation by Harvard Professor.

Way2Hope - Information for people suffering from alcoholism. Help includes support from people who have been there, advice, articles, research, and helpful links.

Tobacco Control in Arizona: A Roundtable - Summary of recent experiences and results in programs to reduce tobacco use.

Comparison of Advertising and Brand Preference - Center for Disease Control lists how much the tobacco industry spends to advertise each of its top cigarette brands, what percentage of the adult market each brand gets, and what percentage of the kid market.

Alcoholics and Families: A Guide for Kids - A self-help site for children and teens growing up in alcoholic families. Includes links to resources.

International Tobacco Control Poster Session - Health conference features policy analysis, program evaluation, and presentation of innovative programs.

Lorillard papers talk of teen tobacco use - USA Today article. Industry's internal memos say that customers smoked because they were addicted to nicotine -- and that high school students were the base of the business.

Naltrexone - The Alcoholism Drug Fails Sobriety Test - An article by Adam Marcus on the extent to which this pill can aid in cutting down alcohol intake.

State and Local Tobacco Control Programs and Evaluation - Poster session from health conference examines a number of programs focusing on the community or local level.

Brand Logo Recognition by Children - Abstract of scientific paper reporting results of brand recognition. Over 90% of 6 year olds correctly recognized Old Joe, a cartoon Camel used by R.J. Reynolds.

Hi-Tech Recovery - A place where people can find information about their disease of Alcoholism and get support.

Impacts on Tobacco Use and Policy - Poster session from health conference: cigar smoking among college students, engaging youth in tobacco control activities, and developing health warning messages.

The Smoking Gun: Tobacco And Teenagers - "The documents the tobacco industry didn't want you to see." E.g. RJR 1975 RJR marketing memo: we must increase our share of the "young adult market, the 14-24 age group".

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Problematic Use of Alcohol - An analysis of the misuse of alcohol.

National and State Tobacco Policy and Program Evaluation - Programs in New York, Florida, California, and nationally in the U.S.

Tobacco Advertising and Promotional Activities and Young People - Section of 1994 Surgeon General's Report outlines tobacco industry advertising and promotion and its effects.

Handle With Care - New alcohol awareness campaign of the Swiss federal office of public health. Features information and links.

Case Studies in Tobacco Control Policy Development - Abstracts from conference presentations.

Tobacco Industry Quotes on Marketing to Kids - Quotes compiled by MASCOT, the Multicultural advocates for social change on tobacco.

Peter Young Housing, Industries and Treatment - Program run by a Catholic priest designed to help alcoholics with a successful recovery.

Rethinking Stop-Smoking Medications- Myths and Facts - Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association, June 1999, outlines policy best supported by the medical science on cessation aids.

Behind the Smokescreen: Tobacco Marketing to Kids - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Recovery Dynamics - Non-profit corporation soley dedicated to the service of alcoholism, substance abuse education and treatment for the alcoholic. It utilizes the twelve steps and AA.

Smoking is a Major Cause of Blindness - Editorial in a health journal considers the scientific and policy merits of a new pack warning.

Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? - Paper in British Medical Journal. Executives of both the tobacco and candy industries regarded candy cigarettes as good advertising to future smokers; tobacco companies granted candy makers permission to use cigarette pack designs and tolerated trademark infringement.

Recovery LinderWEB - For those who are active alcoholics, or seeking recovery from alcoholism.

Tobacco Control Blueprint - From the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Foundation, guidelines and policy recommendations for research, programs, advertising and promotions, and international issues.

Tobacco Explained: 3. Marketing to children - ASH UK Paper. Heavily documented with quotes from the industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to kids.

The Healing Spirit - Offers literature on alcoholism and AA, prayers, and spiritual guidance in recovery.

Report on the CRD Smoking Control Bylaw - Region in British Columbia considers and adopts a smoke-free local ordinance; paper outlines the policy considerations including ventilation.

Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking - Scientific article measures the relationship between cigarette advertising and consumption.

The Ark Foundation - Provides help for alcoholics within the catering industry and aims to increase the awareness of the extremely serious nature of alcoholism.

Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page - Online copies of Dr. Harris's economic analyses, most dealing with costs and prices of tobacco products.

Tobacco Advertising influences adolescents to start smoking - NIH analysis of what caused smoking to increase over the last 70 years.

Secular Organizations for Sobriety - SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality.

Tobacco Control in the 21st Century: Comprehensive Approaches, Role of Cessation - Synthesis of papers presented at the 3rd International Heart Health Conference, Singapore, 28 August to 2 September 1998.

Effect of Cigarette Promotions on Smoking Uptake among Adolescents - Study supports a close linkage between tobacco promotional activities and uptake of smoking among adolescents.

Sober 24 - Alcoholism Daily Readings - A resource with emphasis on AA, Al-Anon, and related programs for individuals and families recovering from addiction.

The Effect of Tobacco Advertising Bans on Tobacco Consumption - Paper in the Journal of Health Economics; concludes that comprehensive bans reduce consumption, limited bands have little or no effect.

Tobacco Advertising in Magazines with Youth Readership - Analysis of market research data shows the largest tobacco company is still spending $15 million a day on advertising, much of it in magazines and other venues that impact kids.

Getting Them Sober - Free videos and free reports, for recovering persons and health professionals; ongoing discussion bulletin board for support and to post seminars, job openings in health; free email newsletter.

The Economic Case Against Tobacco Stocks - While some investors avoid tobacco stocks for moral reasons, this article discusses economic reasons for avoiding investing in tobacco stocks.

Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids - Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids before and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.

JACS - "Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically-dependent-persons, and Significant-others" offers writings about Judaism and recovery. Includes a list of groups.

Investment In Tobacco Control - State by state breakdown of tobacco use among adults, among youth; deaths related to smoking; smoking attributable medicaid expenditures; lung cancer death rate; tobacco control funding; tobacco excise taxes; cigarette sales.

Effects of Sales Promotion on Smoking among U.S. Ninth Graders - Scientific paper concludes that large promotional pushes by cigarette marketers in the 1980s and 1990s appear to be linked with increased levels smoking among ninth graders.

Overcomers Outreach - OO is a bridge between the traditional 12-Step programs and the church. People who are searching for their Higher Power need Jesus. Includes a U.S. meeting list.

State System - CDC report provides demographics of cigarette usage in each state.

Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers' - Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry was saying privately about youth smoking.

What is JACS? - Brief statements about what JACS is and is not. This organization is known as Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically dependant persons, and Significant others.

Litigation and Public Health Policy Making: The Case of Tobacco Control - Journal article examines the arguments for and against using litigation as a policy tool, with specifics drawn from tobacco control.

Tobacco Targeted at Youth on the Internet - Updated report from the Center for Media Education surveys pro-tobacco sites for their appeal to children.

Matt Talbot Retreats - A group of recovering alcoholics who find Matt Talbot spiritual retreats have helped them to practice the steps and achieve a greater degree of serenity and joy.

CRS Report: Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws - Report examines effectiveness of youth access as a tobacco control strategy.

Philip Morris Polled Teens on Smoking - The nation's largest tobacco company used pollsters through the 1970s and 1980s to learn more about teens' smoking attitudes.

Overcomers Recovery Support - Their program offers twelve-step recovery education and Biblical counseling.

Cigarette Law - Article in law digest reviews the history of how cigarettes got exempted from almost all product liability law, and considers if the behavior of the tobacco industry would have been different without those exemptions.

Tobacco Ads, Promotional Items Linked with Teen Smoking - Longitudinal research indicates that even if a teenager has no intention to start smoking, tobacco advertising and promotional items can lead one-third of them to try.

Women For Sobriety - WFS is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions.

The Physician's Role in Public Policy on Tobacco - Presentation-ready slides from the American College of Chest Physicians.

They said WHAT? - Collection of quotes: what the industry says about youth in its own internal documents.

Adult Children Anonymous - ACA is a spiritual program designed to help adults raised in families where alcoholism, substance abuse, mental illness, or other dysfunction was present.

In Memory of James Beattie Morison M.D. - Includes three papers Dr. Morison wrote on smoking in Canadian children, 1960 through 1982.

BAT Lures Young smokers With Online Scheme - British American Tobacco is planning an extraordinary internet campaign to drive unwitting young consumers to bars and clubs where it promotes its cigarettes, according to a leaked company memo. Article explains, and provides the memo.

Children of Alcoholics Foundation - COAF is a national non-profit that provides a range of educational materials and services to help professionals, children, and adults break the cycle of parental substance abuse.

A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of the United States Tobacco Litigation - Institute for Health Policy Studies of the University of California assembles a complete analysis of the proposed 1997 "resolution" that weighs and measures its impact on health.

Study: Tobacco Companies Still Market Cigarettes to Teens - New England Journal of Medicine study finds that a 1998 tobacco industry promise not to market to teens has had little effect; advertising for youth brands of cigarettes in youth-oriented magazines has not decreased.

A Parenting Perspective - Children of Alcoholics - Ways to reduce the risk that the child of an alcoholic will be become an alcoholic.

Tobacco Law Compendium - Searchable by case, legislation, bylaw, or legal literature, as well as document text. In English and French.

Cigarette Ads Influence Teen Smoking - Summary of recent research.

Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service - Official site for the support group of people who grow up with an alcoholic parent.

A Sweet Deal for Big Tobacco - Analysis of the proposed "global tobacco settlement" of 1997 concludes it would have kept the tobacco industry profitable and done little for the public.

Tobacco and the Media - Slide presentation from Media Influence on the Health of Adolescents at Andrews University.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Resources - Includes information, research, and characteristics, including relationships.

Scientific Basis for Various Regulatory Aapproaches for Tobacco - Testimony by Dr. Jack Henningfield on the health effects of tobacco and the scientific basis for various regulatory approaches.

Cigarette-makers Accused of Increasing Ads that Target Teens - May 17, 2000 - CNN report on research that shows tobacco industry has increased advertising aimed at teens, following an agreement not to do so.

ACA Teddys' Rule - Information, encouragement and materials; includes list of meetings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Public Citizen: Tobacco Policy Papers - Discussion and analysis of tobacco policy options including litigation, legislation, regulation, and deals with the industry; focus is on the proposed deal of 1997.

ABCNEWS.com: Study Says Big Tobacco Targeting Teens - In the time since tobacco companies agreed to change their marketing practices and pay states millions of dollars to fend off litigation, Big Tobacco has also dramatically stepped up advertising in magazines with large teen readerships.

Raiguel, Jill - Adult Children of Alcoholics - Life skills and keys to effective living. Innovative teachings, exercises and books by award-winning author and personality Jill Raiguel.

Tobacco Policy Research - Paper by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explains the reasons for tobacco policy research, and summarizes its own programs in this area.

Ever Wonder What the Future Holds for Joe? - Essay comments on RJ Reynolds' Joe Camel advertising campaign.

Dr. Janet Woititz's ACOA Resources - Described as the mother of the Adult Children of Alcoholics movement, Dr. Woititz was a pioneer in the ACOA movement. The site offers insights into ACOA as well as information on Woititz books.

California's Anti-Tobacco Media Campaign - Article on California's anti-smoking ads, what works, and how to have impact with a fraction of the money that the industry spends promoting tobacco.

Daily Doc: Lorillard, Aug 30, 1978 - Presentation, references, and context of the famous Lorillard memo which states "the base of our business is the high school student."

NACoA - National Association for Children of Alcoholics is a non-profit organization supporting children of alcoholics.

Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective - Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective.

Joe Camel Campaign: Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection - Once-secret R. J. Reyolds internal memos cover the design and implementation of the Joe Camel cigarette ad campaign, along with a report on the campaign by UCSF researchers.

Adult Children Of Alcoholics - A descriptive page regarding the symptoms of ACOA.

Tobacco Related Local Laws in New York - Laws regulating tobacco vending machines, smokefree workplaces and public places, and cigarette advertising in various cities and communities across the state of New York.

Cigarette Advertising and Teens - Factsheet on tobacco marketing and promotion aimed at teens.

Miracles In Progress - ACOA's 12 step meeting online once a week. All ACOA's are welcome to join our text chat meetings which are held direct on our website.

CDC Releases Data on Smoking Prevalence, Attitudes - Prevalence ranged from 12% to 30 in 2000; high levels of public support were found - even among smokers - for smoke-free policies.

Tobacco Documents Show Companies Vied for Youth Market - CNN.com reports that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was envious of Philip Morris' domination of the youth market and designed a marketing strategy in the mid-1970s to try to increase its share, according to a secret document.

Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Personal Story - This is my story as an ACOA member. Please read my true story and share your experiences with me.

Tobacco Advertising After the Settlement: Where We Are and What Remains To Be Done - Paper in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy examines what the Master Settlement Agreement between the tobacco industry and the states has and has not accomplished.

CNN.com: Cigarette-makers Accused of Increasing Ads that Target Teens - CNN report on studies showing that the tobacco industry has increased ads targetting teens.

Victoria Australia - Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families - Contains basic information on the ACoA program and has a current list of meetings in Victoria Australia. People from any kind of dysfunctional family are welcome to attend.

New Canadian Tobacco Package Warnings Effective - Recent research by the Canadian Cancer Society shows the new Canadian cigarette warnings are effective.

Brown & Williamson Campaign Targets Young People - Article in India Express covers B&W's campaign promoting Kool and Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Miracles In Progress ACoA Group Chatroom - Offers online meetings and 12 step support. Also provides 12 Step information and resources, mailing list and message boards.

John R. Garrison address to the Senate - 1998 testminony of John Garrison, President of the American Lung Association, to the U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary; outlines tobacco facts and related public policy aims and means.

Request for Investigation of Philip Morris Textbook Covers - Letter from Commercial Alert requests Attorney General investigate Philip Morris for promotions to teens.

Jump Start: Recovery in the Fast Lane - This site includes a look at ACA and ACOA, personal stories and jump-starts to recovery regarding acceptance and boundaries.

A tobacco-free Europe - Publications, factsheets, and reports compiled by WHO and other organizations on the effects and trends of tobacco use in Europe.

Cancer Cash: Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead. - A new tobacco promotion at bars and clubs in Seattle area aims at the youth market; story has the details.

Ottawa, Canada - Inner Peace Group - Adult Children Anonymous - An informational site for individuals interested in learning about this organization and adult child recovery.

Conference on Tobacco and Treatment Products - Conclusions, Treatment - Major conclusions: treatment works, treatment is cost effective, treatment is essential to reducing the death toll.

Smoke This - Op-ed on tobacco industry promotions to youth.

Adult Children Anonymous of Central Florida - Includes the 12 steps, characteristics, and meeting information.

The Impact of the 1997 Tobacco Tax Increase on Cigarette Consumption in Alaska - Graphs consumption; measures price elasticity.

Tobacco Marketing by Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco - United Methodist Church expresses outrage at "the use of marketing techniques aimed at children by leading cigarette manufacturers".

Arizona Adult Children of Alcoholics - Arizona information for ACoA meetings, activities, and service functions.

Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institute - Short report from the Health Law and Policy Institute on case law affecting state regulation of tobacco promotion.

Tobacco Industry Reviewed Potential Smoking Habits of 5-year-olds - Brown and Williamson Tobacco engaged a marketing research firm to look at the potential smoking habits of children as young as 5, according to internal company documents. A judge said Brown and Williamson "blatantly abused" attorney-client privilege to keep these documents secret.

Thirteen Characteristics of Adult Children - Adult children of alcoholics have much in common with people who grew up in other dysfunctional families.

Channing Bete Company Tobacco Policy - The Channing Bete company explains why it has decided not to accept tobacco industry money.

Secret Memos Show Cigarette-maker Targeted teens - CNN article: "The tobacco industry has been caught in a lie, according to newly unveiled secret memos. They show that R.J. Reynolds, despite past denials, aimed its advertising at teen-agers".

An Unofficial ACOA Page - The characteristics of adult children of alcoholics. Presents the problem and a solution.

ASAM and Nicotine - Scientific analysis and policy recommendations on tobacco products, from the American Society for Addiction Medicine

RJR on the "youth market" - Document from R.J. Reynolds (RJR) site shows that 14 year old smokers were not just a viable, but a very sought after market for RJR.

Victoria, Australia - Basic ACOA information and a short local meeting list.

AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention - The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives.

Anytown USA: Tobacco Ads in Stores - Photos of typical retail advertising shows the types of ads kids are seeing everyday throughout the country.

Online Al-Anon Information Service - Information about family groups, links to meetings, and websites.

Tobacco: A Legal and Policy Issue of the Elderly - Policy paper examines impact of tobacco on older people: addiction, secondhand smoke, smoking cessation and health care coverage, smokefree environments for children and grandchildren.

Influence of Tobacco Marketing and Exposure to Smokers on Adolescent Susceptibility to Smoking - Scientific paper finds cigarette advertising is a stronger influence on teen smoking than other factors.

Al-Anon Alateen - Official site for the support group for friends and family of alcoholics. Includes information, meeting schedules, events.

Tobacco Control Policy Research - Research monographs released by the University of Massachusetts; covers policy making, how money gets spent, local control, tax battles, winning against the tobacco industry and its allies.

Tobacco Ads in Magazines - Gallery of ads shows how tobacco companies advertise in magazines with high youth readership, and looks at some of the messages in those ads.

Al-Anon Meetings - Face to Face - Source for finding lists of face-to-face Al-Anon meetings on the net, as well as contact telephone numbers worldwide. From About.com.

FindLaw Legal News: Tobacco - Updates on tobacco law from international to local, tobacco ligitation updates, and tobacco industry documents that feature in tobacco law.

Teenage Fun Bankrolled by Tobacco Giant - A description of how Philip Morris is using the Internet to run fashion parades and raves aimed at teenage girls.

Singapore - Al-Anon Family Groups - A Twelve Step self-help recovery program for families and friends of people with the disease of alcoholism.

Economics of Tobacco Control - Global trends in tobacco use, health consequences of smoking, do smokers know their risks and bear their costs, measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, measures to reduce the supply of tobacco, the costs and consequences of tobacco control.

Cigarette Brand Preferences Among Adolescents - Paper from the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Concludes: "The very high rates of cigarette smoking found among American teenagers in the late 1990s are associated with the popularity of just three brands..."

UK and Eire - Al-Anon and Alateen - Family groups provide understanding, strength and hope to anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by someone else's drinking. Alateen is part of the Al-Anon fellowship and is for young people, aged twelve to twenty.

Death Is Inevitable - Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.

Tobacco Industry Saw Benefit in Promoting Candy Cigarettes - Summary of finding from research on tobacco industry documents.

Online Al-Anon Group - This well established group offers you meetings seven days a week, plus general and supportive chat between meetings as well.

Conscientious Consuming Tobacco Company Boycott - Conscientious Consuming is evaluating the conduct and activities of product manufacturers when purchasing consumer products. This action involves the boycott of non-tobacco products of tobacco companies.

Bat Cave Inc. Youth Marketing Specialists - Marketing firm states its expertise in youth culture and highlights its tobacco marketing.

Al-Anon South East England - Offering help and support for family and friends of problem drinkers.

High Country ASSIST Home Page - Community organizations and hundreds of its citizens have formed a coalition-alliance to significantly reduce the death and illness associated with the use of tobacco products.

Tobacco Advertising and Youth - Factsheet from the Tobacco Reference Guide.

The Forum - Official magazine of Al-Anon Family Groups. How to subscribe. Includes new articles from each issue and an archive of back issues.

Saskatchewan Coalition for Tobacco Reduction - Facts and resources on tobacco control for Saskatchewan residents.

Expert Says Tobacco Pitched Ads to Young Smokers - CNN article shows cigarette ads placed on TV shows for kids, tobacco industry memos that talk of getting young people to smoke.

Al-Anon Alateen Worldwide - List of national Al-Anon and Alateen offices around the world.

DOC: Positive Health Strategies for the Clinic, Classroom, and Community - Doctors Ought to Care (DOC). "DOC has not been afraid to take risks in dealing with our nation's major health issues. A far cry from pamphlets and preaching about the 'dangers', DOC focuses on changing attitudes that have been molded by misleading advertising in the mass media."

Tobacco Company Magazine Ads Continue To Target Children - Research report from Harvard Business School analyzes advertising expenditures in 30 adult- and youth-oriented magazines, finds that young people smoke cigarettes advertised in youth magazines.

TV Spot for Alateen - Fifteen second public service announcement for Alateen. "Why be alone?" (Requires viewer software.)

International Union Against Cancer - Cigarette smoking is the largest single avoidable cause of ill health and premature mortality in the world. This program aims to change attitudes to tobacco use in society and to promote a comprehensive strategy to eradicate tobacco production, sales, promotion, and use.

Brand-Specific Advertising in Relation to Youth Readership - Scientific article reports that cigarette brands smoked by teens are the ones advertised more in youth oriented magazines.

Information for Professionals - How to refer a client to Al-Anon or Alateen and what they can expect.

Still Waiting to Exhale - Public Citizen report on "Do Nothing Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors".

Study Suggests Cigarette Companies Target Youth - Summary of recent research.

Alateen - Alateen is a fellowship of young Al-Anon members, usually teenagers, whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.

Coalition for a Tobacco Free Mobile - Effects of tobacco; prevention and education; quitting; smokefree environments; youth and tobacco; news and resources; from Mobile, Alabama.

Marketing Tactics - Once-secret, court-released, internal industry documents demonstrate tactics toward increasing sales, especially toward young people.

South Africa - Meeting lists and central office phone numbers. Includes other basic information about Al-Anon and Alateen. An official Al-Anon web site.

American Council on Science and Health (ACSH > Tobacco) - articles on smoking, tobacco, and public policy.

Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry-Sponsored Youth Prevention Programs In the Context of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs in Canada - Report by the Ontario Medical Association concludes that tobacco industry sponsored youth programs don't work, identifies the reasons the industry runs the programs, and outlines how these programs actually make smoking attractive to teens.

TV Spot for Al-Anon - Fifteen second public service announcement for Al-Anon. "Why be alone?" (Requires viewer software.)

Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance - Statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to reducing tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke throughout Colorado through education and advocacy.

Tobacco Industry Bombards Kids With Retail Store Marketing - Despite agreeing as part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement to stop marketing to kids, the tobacco industry in 1999 saturated convenience stores and other retail outlets with advertising and promotions that influence kids, according to a recent CDC study.

Al-Anon, Alateen, and ACOA - Some general information about the three fellowships.

Tobacco Free Initiative - World Health Organization provides information on tobacco's health impact, secondhand smoke, economics, youth, industry conduct, women and tobacco, and advocacy for tobacco policy change.

Youth Targeting By Tobacco Manufacturers Since the Master Settlement Agreement - Research analyzes ads in U.S. magazines from 1997 to 2000, finds that all three major tobacco companies (Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, and Brown and Williamson) failed to comply with the youth-targeting ban in the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings for all of Arizona. Address and phone number of offices around the state.

International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases - Details about this scientific, medical organization which is aiming at prevention of diseases caused and/or worsened by tobacco use. Includes publications, meetings and contact information.

Cigarette Ads have More Impact Than Anti-tobacco Efforts - The tobacco industry is still coming up with cigarette ads that have a greater impact on young people than anti-smoking messages, according to new research.

Palm Beach County - Al-Anon and Alateen information for Palm Beach County Florida. Includes meeting and event information.

Burning Down the Houses - Report from Public Citizen on tobacco money in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Big Tobacco Up to Old Tricks - USA Today editorial focuses on tobacco industry marketing attractive to teens.

South Florida - Meeting list and calendar of events. Has copies of some of the basic pamphlets and of the local newsletter.

Muskoka-Parry Sound Health Unit - Smoking, quitting, worksite cessation program; tobacco survey; smoke-free area restaurants; talking to kids about smoking; tobacco's impact on the environment.

Cigarette Ads Stomp Out Anti-Smoking Efforts - Study concludes that cigarette ads lead young people to identify smoking with popularity and relaxation, and these associations are stronger than any perceived risk picked up from anti-smoking ads.

North Florida - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting lists. Calendar of events.

Alberta Tobacco Reduction Alliance - Facts and resources on tobacco issues, including statistics, quitting tips, downloadable publications, and a matrix of programs and materials for tobacco reduction practitioners.

Marketing to America's Youth: Evidence from Corporate Documents - Article in scientific journal surveys tobacco industry memos and corporate documents on marketing to teens.

Orlando - Offers a list of Al-Anon and Alateen meetings, upcoming events, and hope to newcomers.

Canadian Council for Tobacco Control - Health information; industry documents; links to related sites.

R.J. Reynolds Documents Detail Cigarette Marketing Aimed at Children - Washington Post article; reports that R.J. Reynolds memos show it developed aggressive marketing to reach 14 year olds.

Pinellas County - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting schedule. Upcoming events.

Sevier County Tobacco Coalition - The single most preventable cause of death and disease in Tennessee is the use of tobacco products. Our main focus is a healthy community for our residents.

Factsheets: Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids - A dozen factsheets in PDF format on Philip Morris and tobacco industry marketing to kids.

Naples - Al-Anon meeting schedules in Naples, Marco, Bonita, and Golden Gate. Also has Alateen meetings in Naples.

Nursing World: Letter to Philip Morris - American Nurses Association open letter explains their stand, and details why they doubt PM's "youth smoking prevention" campaign is anything but a public relations gesture.

Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking - Summarizes research showing how tobacco advertising and promotion can influence nonsusceptible never smokers to start the process of becoming addicted to cigarettes.

Baltimore Metro Al-anon / Alateen - Help for the family and friends of the alcoholic. There are over 100 groups in the Greater Baltimore, MD area ready and willing to help you.

American College of Chest Physicians > Speakers Kit - Slides, notes, newsletter, and other resources for speakers on tobacco topics.

Cigarette Ads - A Promise Broken - Summarizes research showing that tobacco ad spending has not decreased since the tobacco industry agreed to stop targeting youth; examines where the ad budget goes.

Anne Arundel County - Provides Al-Anon and Alateen meeting information for Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

American College of Chest Physicians - It's the chest physician, the cardiac specialist, or the oncologist, that breaks the prognosis to the family. This website goes to the response of the medical community to preventable disease and death.

Secret Memos Show R.J. Reynolds Targeted Teens - News article; "R. J. Reynolds memos show the No. 2 cigarette maker tartgeted teen-agers as young as 13."

Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Al-Anon and Alateen Meetings Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Meeting lists include what to expect. How they cooperate with counselors and others.

The American Legacy Foundation - Promoting tobacco-free generations; vision is to become the preeminent authority in tobacco prevention by funding cutting edge research, marketing and education programs that tell the truth about tobacco use.

Tobacco Ads Still Luring Teens - Despite tobacco industry claims, big tobacco's marketing campaigns continue to have the greatest influence on children to start smoking, a new study finds.

MaryDel Al-Anon and Alateen - General meeting information for Harford and Cecil Counties of Maryland. Plus, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties of Delaware.

Smoke Free Wisconsin - Promotes effective tobacco control policies that will protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke; prevent the initiation of smoking, especially among children; and ensure that there is a well-funded, comprehensive and effective statewide tobacco prevention program.

ALAC Shoplifting Project - How Big Tobacco Encourages Shoplifting By Kids - How cigarette displays are arrranged in stores to encourage shoplifting by kids. Slide presentation from the American Lung Association.

Dayton, Ohio Al-Anon Program - Contains the list of meetings and information on upcoming conferences and events. There are links to other program related sites.

STRIKE Headquarters - A college advocacy initiative to strike a blow against Big Tobacco by providing students with the facts about tobacco products, what they do to the customer, why, and who the tobacco industry targets.

Lorillard Elbows Portland Hoopsters Off the Court - Article on tobacco giant Lorillard's basketball promotion, and how Lorillard bounced a team off the court because of their T-shirts.

Statewide - Official web site of the Ohio Area Assembly of Al-Anon and Alateen. Meeting lists cover the entire state. Other basic Al-Anon information including how they cooperate with professionals.

CHARGe Coalition - Based in Georgia; forum in which strategies can be developed, coordinated, and implemented to prevent and reduce tobacco use.

R.J. Reynolds Fined for Ads in Youth Magazines - Washington Post article; a judge found that a major tobacco company violated the terms of the 1998 national tobacco settlement by running magazine cigarette ads aimed at teenagers.

Seattle - Search for Al-Anon meeting days/times in Seattle. For families and friends of alcoholics.

APA tobacco page - American Psychology Association provides documents, APA statements, related links.

Philip Morris's "Youth Smoking Prevention" Ads Make Kids Smoke More - Research finds that exposure to the Philip Morris ads "was associated with an increase in the odds of youths intending to smoke in the next year."

Central Whidbey Island - Al-Anon and Alateen information and help for friends and families affected by alcoholism. Lots of links for meetings, online chats, and resources.

Asian Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network - Programs, personal tobacco stories, tobacco industry targetting of ethnic minorities.

Philip Morris, Lorillard Targetted Kids - Tobacco industry documents released by Congressman Henry Waxman.

Vancouver - Meeting information for both Al-Anon and Alateen. Site also covers Portland, Oregon.

Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania - Coalition of statewide and local organizations that have come together to combat Pennsylvania's number one cause of preventable disease, disability and death: tobacco use.

Waxman: Marketing Tobacco to Children - Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to his colleagues highlights what the tobacco industry says in private about marketing cigarettes to kids.

Spokane - Meeting information for both Al-Anon and Alateen. Find help for friends, clients, or yourself.

C-Health - Smoking - Tobacco news with a focus on Canada, smoking and health information.

Tobacco Companies Finding Easy Way Around Magazine Advertising Ban to Target Youth - A new study examines how the tobacco industry has complied with a 1998 court settlement banning magazine advertising directed at teenagers, dinds that youth targeting persisted and even increased in the first two years after the ban went into effect.

Walla Walla - A short Al-Anon meeting list for a small town.

Commit To a Healthier Brant - Demonstration site of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy; aims to demonstrate innovative approaches to reduce tobacco use in Brant County, Ontario through prevention, protection and cessation initiatives.

Imagery in Cigarette Advertising Overpowers Perceived Risks for Young People - Research finds that exposure to cigarette advertising leads young people to associate smoking with popularity and relaxation, and these associations are stronger than any perceived risk from anti-smoking ads.

Traverse City, Michigan Al-anon and Alateen - Meeting schedule, events, services for Northwestern Lower Michigan.

Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Youth - New Hampshire based coalition. Events; news; factsheets; moke-free restaurant listings; media resources.

Marketing Professor Finds Youth More Influenced by Cigarette Advertising Than Adults - Marketing professor finds that teens are more likely to be influenced by strategic tobacco advertising than adults.

Statewide - Has a calendar of Al-Anon and Alateen events for all of Michigan.

Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention - Tobacco information and facts, local programs and coalitions, smoking cessation programs, prevention tips, best practices for prevention, state and local laws and ordinances.

Deconstructing Cigarette Ads in a Counter Advertising Workshop - Analyzes advertising and marketing techniques, helps students learn how to deconstruct ads and create their own anti-ad or parody.

Massachusetts Al-Anon/Alateen - Help and support for families and friends of alcoholics in Massachusetts. Is someone's drinking bothering you?

Imperial County Tobacco Free Zone - Community tobacco education campaign in Imperial County, California.

Tobacco Sales Target Was Youth - Collection of articles focuses on tobacco industry memos on how to get young people to take up smoking.

Al-Anon & Alateen in Greensboro, NC - This page is designed to help those suffering from the effects of relationships (past or present) with problem drinkers. Through Al-Anon, many of us find contentment and even happiness, whether or not the problem drinking persists.

Health Canada Tobacco Home Page - Tobacco related information; in English and French.

Tobacco Ads May Undermine Good Parenting - A new study presents evidence that tobacco industry marketing undermines the best efforts of parents to prevent their kids from smoking.

Raleigh - This is the official Al-Anon and Alateen web site for the greater Raleigh area. It contains a meeting directory for Wake County and more.

Koop Institute - The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth has projects on tobacco, nicotine, addiction, public heatlh.

UK tobacco firm targets African youth - BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds.

Charlotte - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting lists for Charlotte and vicinity.

Kentucky Action - Statewide coalition in partnership with health, educational, and government for decreasing tobacco use and strengthening tobacco control policy.

Lorillard Attempts to Shut Down Teen Smoking Program - Article covers Lorillard Tobacco's attempts to shut down a tobacco education program for teens that is widely seen as effective.

Northwest Indiana Al-Anon and Alateen - Help for families and friends of alcoholics.

Smoke-free Ottawa - Aninitiative sponsored by the Ottawa Council on Smoking and Health, in partnership with Regional Heart Beat Committee, and Cancer Care Ontario Region East. Goal is to support the successful implementation of the new smokefree bylaw.

Tobacco Industry Youth Smoking Prevention Programs: Protecting the Industry and Hurting Tobacco Control - Scientific report analyses the design and use of 14 different tobacco industry youth smoking prevention programs, and concludes they're PR programs that protect industry profits, not kids. In PDF format.

Missouri Al-Anon and Alateen - Self help and 12 Step program for adults and teens affected by anothers drinking. Contact telephone numbers and meeting information.

Los Angeles County Tobacco Control Alliance - A collective of six coalitions focused on six communities in L.A. County - Hispanic, African American, youth, women, Asian Pacific Islanders, and Gay & Lesbian - committed to curbing tobacco use among these groups.

Why and How the Tobacco Industry Sells Cigarettes to Young Adults - Scientific report examines tobacco industry documents to analyze tobacco industry strategies that encourage smoking by young adults.

Statewide - Meeting schedules arranged by town for all of Connecticut. General information about Al-Anon and Alateen.

Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco - Mission is to reduce the harm that tobacco causes the people of Minnesota. Resources to help you quit; research; intervention; news; secondhand smoke public information.

Most Tobacco Companies Continue to Target Youth with Advertising - Despite the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement in which the tobacco industry promised to stop targetting youth, the industry increased its promotional spending that targets youth, such as Lorillard's 13% increase in cigarette ads in youth-oriented magazines.

Statewide - Meetings are held on each of the four major islands: Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai and Maui. Alcoholism is a family disease and changed attitudes in Al-Anon and Alateen can aid recovery.

North Adams Tobacco Awareness Program - Extensive collection of information, links, and resources from Massachusetts.

Entertaining Educational Programs on Substance Abuse Tobacco Prevention - Programs for K thru College. One of the shows "Up In Smoke" was picked by the Massachusetts board of Health to tour schools in the state 5 years ago. The show is no boring lecture: it uses theatre skits, mime, circus arts, comedy, rap and rock and roll music.

Al-Anon and Alateen in South Carolina - Meeting schedules, a calendar of event, and information about Al-Anon and Alateen for families and friends of alcoholics. Official web site of Area 50 of Al-Anon.

Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board - Tobacco news, tobacco control efforts of the organization.

The Smoky Reality - "No, we're not a big organization who makes and airs cool commericials, or even a government-funded website targeted at teens. We are teens, we are doing something about what we believe in, and this is our story."

Al-Anon Birmingham - Hope and help for the friends and family members of alcoholics. We understand as few others can.

Morrow County Tobacco Coalition - Coalition of businesses, schools, county agencies, the community, families and youth, dedicated to providing a tobacco-free environment for the youth of Morrow County, Oregon within five years.

Growing Up Tobacco Free: Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths - Complete 300 page book online. Covers: addiction, social norms and the acceptability of tobacco use, prevention policy, tobacco advertising and promotion, and research results on prevention and cessation of tobacco use.

Statewide - Meeting lists for various parts of Alaska. Information on the Al-Anon service organization.

NicNet - Sponsored by the Arizona Program for Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

Tobacco Education using Theatre, Mime - Group that presents programs for K thru 12. Shows use theater skits, mime, circus arts, comedy, and music; this is no lecture. Main theme is choices.

Al-Anon Easy Does it South Milwaukee - Offers meeting schedules, announcements, chat room with schedule, 12 step information and tools.

North Coast Tobacco Prevention Network - Mission: to reduce the number of tobacco victims and prevent the pain and suffering they must endure. Online newsletters, factsheets, and articles.

Students Working Against Tobacco - SWAT is dedicated to defending teens from tobacco companies lies and deceptions.

AIS - Details about the Syracuse Al-Anon/Alateen Information Service. Includes meeting schedules, news, 12 step data and literature.

Ontario Tobacco Research Unit - Established in 1993 to foster and conduct research, monitoring and evaluation contributing to programs and policies to eliminate tobacco-related health problems in Ontario.

Full Court Press - A Tucson, Arizona program dedicated to reducing teen tobacco use.

Suffolk, New York - Al-Anon Information - Is Al-Anon For You? Information and meeting schedule.

OKSWAT.COM - SWAT, Studnets Working Against Tobacco, a statewide anti-tobacco youth movement in Oklahoma. "The Tobacco Industry has targeted teens for years. It's time for it to stop, and now Big Tobacco becomes OUR TARGET!!!"

Smoke-Free Kids - Smoke-Free Kids is a collaboration between the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Women's National Team, and US Soccer.

Westchester / Putnam Al-Anon - Information service for Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York State. Meetings are free, anonymous, and confidential. No appointments necessary.

Oklahoma Tobacco Use Prevention - Tobacco's toll on Oklahoma; Oklahoma's prevention programs; news and events.

Youth Empowerment and Health Promotion - Report from Florida Tobacco Control Clearinghouse. Description of, examples, and discussion of empowering youth, instead of lecturing.

Al-anon and Alateen of Southern New York - Serves the Bronx, Brooklyn, Dutchess, Manhattan, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Staten Island, Ulster and Westchester. Meetings are free, anonymous, confidential. No appointments necessary.

Smoking Stinks; Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Dangers of tobacco; youth focus.

Blowing Smoke - Tobacco Industry Youth Prevention Ad Campaigns - Expose of industry "prevention" programs.

New York City - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings arranged by location. Learn about alcoholism as an illness. Find help for family and friends of alcoholics.

Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education: Information Central - Tobacco use reduction: the program, the science, the people, the laws, the secrets, the tools, the press. One-stop access.

The Truth About Tobacco - Motivational speaker Patrick Reynolds, grandson of R.J. Reynold's Co. founder, speaks out against teen smoking and teen substance abuse through assembly programs on his anti-tobacco campaign.

Southern New York State - Official web site of Southern New York Area of Al-Anon and Alateen. Plenty of basic information about Al-Anon.

Research for International Tobacco Control - Mission is to create a strong research, funding and knowledge base for the development of effective tobacco control policies and programs that will minimize the threat of tobacco production and consumption to health and human development in developing countries.

South Dakota Tobacco Free Network - "Every year, tobacco companies spend more than $16 million in South Dakota to entice children to smoke." The Network aims to counter these efforts.

Northern New York State - Web site of New York North Area of Al-Anon and Alateen. Includes the newsletter and a calendar of events.

Project UpInSmoke - Dedicated to spreading the truth about the dangers of smoking and how evil those tobacco companies and their supporters really are. Also offers a way to help crack down on stores selling cigarettes to minors.

Healthy Mississippi - "Tobacco killed my uncle and my father. I don't want anyone to go through what my family has gone through. Just saying `Don't smoke' isn't enough. It's like telling a 16 year old not to drive 80 mph... I think showing others how the tobacco industry lies and manipulates will make them pay attention."

Rochester - Meeting lists for Al-Anon and Alateen in and near Rochester. Explains the local service organization.

Rhode Island Non-Smokers - Guide to smokefree dining by city or town.

Prevention of Adolescent Use of Tobacco - Abstracts from presentations at a health conference.

Rutland, Vermont Area Al-Anon - Basic information and schedules for Vermont District 6 Al-Anon. Anyone who feels his or her life has been affected by close contact with a problem drinker is eligible for membership with Al-Anon or Al-Ateen.

Zapbac.com - Oregon tobacco education program; focus is on empowering youth to identify and counter pro-tobacco influences in their community.

Industry "Youth Programs" Help Avoid Regulation - Presents and analyzes industry document that shows that one purpose of the industry's "youth programs" is to fend off regulation.

Statewide - Meeting information for all of Arkansas. More about services available from Al-Anon and Alateen.

The Schuylkill County Tobacco Free Youth Coalition - Dedicated to helping young people to avoid tobacco addiction, with information about the Coalition and its Tobacco Free Ballfield Project.

Reducing Tobacco Use Among Youth: Community-Based Approaches - Describes and evaluates community based approaches to reducing tobacco use.

Northern California - Northern California World Service Area. It contains meeting information, calendar of events, literature about Al-Anon and Alateen and its local availability, public service announcements, newsletters for Al-Anon and Alateen.

Smoky Lies - Computer animated movie developed at Dartmouth.

Lungs Are For Life - Ontario Lung Association's smoking prevention program for students from kindergarten through Grade 12.

Kern County - Meeting list for Al-Anon and Alateen.

Stomp It Out - Advocating for tobacco-free communities in the Riverside CA area.

Tobacco Facts - Designed by teens for teens, provides facts on: what's in a cigarette, smoking rates by youth, nicotine addiction, illegal sales of tobacco to youth, tobacco advertising aimed at youth, and what the tobacco industry really says.

Orange County - Central Office. Meeting directory. Al-Anon helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Alateen does the same for young people.

Survivors and Victims Empowerment Project - The Survivors and Victims Empowerment program identifies, trains and works with tobacco survivors and acts as a resource for groups in North Carolina. Youth listen and learn when a survivor of a tobacco-related illnes shares their story.

Death Playing Cards - Sells tobacco education playing cards designed for teens.

Los Angeles - Meeting directory and calendar of events. How to reach Al-Anon and Alateen in the Los Angeles area.

Technical Assistance Legal Center - TALC provides assistance to California cities and counties developing local laws to restrict tobacco advertising and youth access to tobacco products in their communities. Recommendations on ad restrictions that are legal; information on what the state settlement does not accomplish in this and other areas.

Smoking Prevention - Effects of smoking cigarettes. Reasons not to smoke. Put together by high school students.

Ventura County - Meeting list and calendar of events for Al-Anon and Alateen in Ventura County. Site explains what Al-Anon is and how it can help family and friends of alcoholics.

Tobacco Education and Prevention Coaliation - Based in Wasco-Sherman, Oregon; offers factsheets, with references for each fact, on smoking, cigarettes, teens, spit tobacco, cigars; also list of local smokefree dining, newsletter, toll-free quitline, and videos available for lending.

Teenage Smoking and its Effects - Effects of teen smoking, addiction, and costs.

Napa Valley Al-Anon and Alateen - Lists Al-Anon and Alateen meeting, and also includes frequently asked questions, phone numbers and links.

Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition - Mission is to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use and addiction and to assist Kansans in avoiding the negative health and economic impact of tobacco use. News, factsheets, information, resources.

Teen Tobacco Use - An Ohio State University Extension fact sheet.

Statewide - Meeting schedules. How to contact Al-Anon and Allateen service centers around Colorado.

Tobacco use in British Columbia - Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Summary of the "number one preventable cause of death in British Columbia, killing more than 5,800 people and costing the provincial government hundreds of millions of dollars annually."

Outrage Avenue - Innovative program for teens uses "reality TV" approach.

Fort Collins - Twenty-four hour phone hotline for Al-Anon and Alateen. Site has the local meeting lists.

tobaccofreedom.org - Education, news, research, and analysis.

Does Philip Morris Want to Stop Kids' Smoking? - ACSH editorial looks at teen smoking activities of Philip Morris.

New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties - Site gives Al-Anon and Alateen information for Delaware and nearby parts of Maryland.

Trans-Atlantic Conference on Tobacco - Sponsored by the Koop Institute, a group of health care professionals at Cambridge University and at Dartmouth Medical Center met to discuss tobacco policy, research, and prevention/treatment strategies.

Tips4Youth - CDC site features tobacco tip sheets, videos, interviews with Christy Turlington and Boyz II Men, and information to help young people be more aware of the power and pervasiveness of cigarette advertising and to help them resist the influences of the tobacco industry.

District of Columbia Metro Area - Al-Anon and Alateen Meetings Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Meeting lists include what to expect. How they cooperate with counselors and others.

Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program - Health program features reports on the program itself, tobacco industry advertising, youth smoking in Massachusetts, local and statewide programs, research, and policy initiatives.

Does Parental Smoking Cessation Discourage Adolescent Smoking? - Paper concludes that getting parents to quit may be an effective method for reducing adolescent smoking. The earlier parents quit, the less likely their children will become smokers.

Sandpoint - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting schedule.

Broward County SWAT - Students workin against tobacco in Broward County, Maryland.

Price, Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking - Paper finds that higher cigarette prices and smokefree public places and workplaces are effective in reducing youth smoking; youth access restrictions have little effect.

East Central Illinois - Serving East-Central Illinois including the Urbana-Champaign area. Gives overview of Al-Anon and Alateen groups along with area meeting, events calendar, and contacts. District 12 is part of the Southern Illinois AFG Area.

Students Working Against Tobacco - Teens in Florida working to stop the tobacco industry from targeting them.

Pitfalls of Criminalizing Youth Possession of TObacco - Policy analysis draws on experience of several states and communities to show why most tobacco control advocates are skeptical of criminalizing kid smoking.

Illinois Al-Anon Adult Children (ACAFG) - Recovery resource for Al-Anon Adult Children and friends in related 12-step groups. Features include its primary service project, a yearly Workshop and Festival, held each year on the first weekend in May.

GLOBALink - The International Tobacco Control Network - Tobacco news, factsheets, resources, directories, calendar, petitions, tools for community tobacco control.

Behind the Smokescreen: The Tobacco Industry's Youth Anti-Tobacco Programs - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says Philip Morris's anti-youth-smoking ad campaign is "another in a long line of efforts by the tobacco companies to make it appear as though they are seriously addressing the problem of youth smoking, designed more to relieve political pressure on the industry than actually to discourage tobacco use by kids."

Northern Illinois - Includes regional Al-Anon and Alateen calendar of events, resources for families, relatives and friends, phone contacts, and links. Meeting list is based on zip code.

Ontario Tobacco-Free Network - Network consisting of the Canadian Cancer Society Ontario Division, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, and the Ontario Lung Association. Working together to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco use. News and updates; publications; links to related organizations.

B-FREE from Tobacco - Wisconsin's youth anti-smoking effort. Site includes anti-tobacco web pages designed by teens and counter-advertising.

South Dakota Al-Anon - General and professional information, city by city. Meeting times and locations for Al-Anon and Alateen in South Dakota.

Australian Council on Smoking and Health - Dedicated to raising awareness in the community on smoking and health issues in Australia. Educational campaigns, quit programs, library, and tobacco industry secrets.

Letter from the California 4-H Statewide Advisory Board - Expresses why California 4-H did not wish to "partner" with Philip Morris.

Ames - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting times and events. Twenty questions to decide if Al-Anon is for you.

Tuscola Partnership for Tobacco Reduction - A community-based coalition in Michigan that includes human services agencies, schools, and the public.

Target Market - Minnesota project shows "how tobacco executives have been targeting youth"; tobacco industry documents, discussion, information, news, events, and creative resistance.

Statewide - Find Al-Anon and Alateen meetings by city. Special events and a list of offices and phone numbers.

Commit Coalition - Works through a variety of community channels to prevent children from starting to smoke, encourage and help smokers and consumers of tobacco products to quit and to promote smoke free, healthier environments.

Tobacco Industry "Prevention" Programs - ANR expose of industry "youth smoking prevention" programs.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings for all of Maine are organized by day. Contact the office for more information or to order literature.

Smokefree Indiana - Reducing tobacco use for a healthier Indiana. From Ball State University. "How-to" emphasis.

Coalition for a Smoke Free Youth - Organization at The George Washington University.

Al-Anon Statewide - Meeting information for all of Oregon. Includes resources for professionals and Alateen information.

North Valley Region Tobacco Prevention Center - Anti-tobacco advocacy group located in Chico, California and serves six Northern California counties. Services include: Mini-Grants, sponsorships, trainings and conferences.

An Embattled Philip Morris Launches Advocacy Advertising Campaign - Analysis of Philip Morris's "Action Against Access" program.

Portland - Meeting information for both Al-Anon and Alateen. Site also covers Vancouver, Washington.

Smoke Free Leicester - Smoke Free Alliance for Leicester - Promoting a smoke free Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland by giving health advice, information and education.

Tobacco Industry Youth Programs Alert - Warns of industry "youth smoking" programs, and analyzes their design, funding, and purposes.

Statewide - Meeting information for all of Virginia. Includes Alateen.

Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco - Statewide alliance whose focus is grassroots tobacco public policy and advocacy.

Critique of MTV Europe: "Youth Smoking Prevention" Campaign, sponsored by BAT, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International - Independent critique of a tobacco industry advertising campaign on MTV Europe concludes it was a PR gesture intended to have no effect on youth smoking.

Northern Virginia - Al-Anon Family Groups of Northern Virginia. Offers information on meetings, upcoming events, recovery resources for family and friends of alcoholics.

New Jersey GASP - Advocating since 1974 for smokefree air and tobacco-free lives. Resources on secondhand smoke, its health effects, smokefree workplaces and restaurants, legislation and litigation, tobacco marketing, and solving secondhand smoke problems.

PR in the Playground: Tobacco Industry Initiatives on Youth Smoking - ASH-UK expose of the tobacco industry's "youth smoking prevention" programs (report summary).

Triangle District - Provides Al-Anon and Alateen meetings and events. Includes the towns of Stuart, Martinsville, Danville, Chatham, South Boston, and Gretna in the Piedmont area of Virginia.

Tobacco Wisconsin - Current and accurate information on tobacco control resources, research, and technical assistance.

PR in the Playground - ASH-UK report on the tobacco industry's "youth smoking prevention" programs (full report).

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meeting information for all of New Hampshire. Includes how to contact them and a calendar of events.

Southwest Washington Health District: Tobacco - Focus on prevention, secondhand smoke, smokefree restaurants and workplaces.

Philip Morris's - Newspaper article; health organizations doubt that Phlip Morris's "kids shouldn't smoke" ad campaign is on the level.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings for all of New Jersey. Includes newsletter and special events. Recovering from the effects of the compulsive drinking of others.

Asthma, Tobacco, Air Quality, Asthma Clinical Research Center, Tuberculosis - The mission of the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago is to reduce the pain and suffering caused by lung disease, the third leading cause of death and disability in the United States.

Osceola SWAT - Teen led program working aginst tobacco in Osceola, Florida. Summary of the program, contact links and pictures.

Midsouth Tennessee - Find Al-Anon and Alateen meetings in and around Memphis.

Idecide4me - Program designed for teens by teens; information on tobacco, cigarettes, and the tobacco industry.

Teens Help Anti-smoking Campaign - Report on how teens helped shape the largest anti-smoikng campaign ever run in the U.S.

Middle Tennessee - Covers Al-Anon and Alateen meetings in and around Nashville.

JEL-Iowa - "We're Iowa teens fighting the tobacco industry's corrupt efforts to manipulate us into using their addictive, deadly product." Counteradvertising, graphic images of tobacco disease, TV ads, information on tobacco addiction and quitting.

Big Tobacco's "Deathbed Conversion" Not Convincing - Editorial is skeptical about the purpose of the tobacco industry's "teen smoking prevention" campaign.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen information for all of Texas. Recovery help from the addiction of a family member or friend

American Public Health Association - World Federation of Public Health Associations - Statement on tobacco control and combatting the tobacco industry, paper on the same topics.

In the Mix: Smoking: The truth unfiltered - The online companion to the PBS broadcast, with resources and information for teens and educators about smoking prevention, cessation, and advertising. "Cigarettes can cause serious damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line".

Austin - How to contact local Al-Anon and Alateen.

The Cancer Council of New South Wales: The Tobacco Web - Factsheets on the history of smoking, smoking in Australia, smoking and cancer, other health effects of smoking, secondhand smoke, young people and smoking, women and smoking, the tobacco industry, quitting smoking.

Smoke Free Leicester - An anti-smoking site for young people with advice and information for a smoke free life.

Dallas - Al-Anon meeting locations, schedules, and information for Dallas area and north Texas family members and friends whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.

Tobacco Free Lane County - Oregon organization supporting smokefree environments and tobacco use reduction.

The Badvertising Institute -- Real life projects - Suggestions for real-life class projects from the Badvertising Institute: a tobacco tour through town, a tobacco behavior audit, tobacco marketing research, getting on the tobacco industry's mailing lists.

Houston - How to find local Al-Anon and Alateen meetings. Includes events and volunteer services.

Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition - Established in 1984 to reduce tobacco use in Minnesota; goals are to prevent children from beginning a lifelong addiction to tobacco, to help those who want to quit smoking and to protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke.

Improving the Odds: Educator's Resource - Health Canada's Tobacco Control Programme regulates tobacco and promotes initiatives that reduce or prevent the harm associated with smoking; here it provides educational materials and health resources for prevention.

El Paso - This New Mexico site includes Al-Anon and Alateen in El Paso, Texas. Other information on the organizations is in both English and Spanish.

Smoke-Free For Health - Non-profit organization formed to protect Floridians from exposure to second-hand smoke. Focus is to ensure the passage of a constitutional amendment in Florida to prohibit smoking in indoor work places.

GottaQuit.com - Quitting site for teens features online help, a personal quit calendar, instant-message chat, games and information.

Minneapolis and St. Paul - Find Al-Anon and Alateen meeting schedules and special events. Service opportunities for Al-Anon members. How they work with professionals to help the families of those with the illness of alcoholism.

Tobacco Dependence Program - Dedicated to reducing the harm to health caused by tobacco, through education, treatment, research and advocacy; a program of the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry. Cessation guidelines for individuals and clinicians; tobacco-free policies; chemical dependency and nicotine; consultation and training services.

Antismoking Campaign has Philip Morris Fuming - Philip Morris opposes a tough antismoking campaign that was designed with input from teens.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings for all of Montana are arranged by city and by district. Gives upcoming special events.

Hillsborough County SWAT - Students Working Against Tobacco. New stories or installments every 3-4 weeks. Topics include the battle over tobacco, consumer culture, forming personal identity, and creative expression.

Minnesota Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative - Mission is to empower youth to be tobacco free by creating a statewide social environment where tobacco use is undesirable, unacceptable, and inaccessible to young people.

Beartooth Mountain Conference - A conference for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon members. June 27-29, 2003 at Camp-on-the-Boulder in Montana.

American Medical Women's Association - Organization of over 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the woman patient; letter of support for US federal lawsuit against the tobacco companies.

WhyQuit.Com - Graphic material shows effects of tobacco products on the human body; text explains how smokers can and do die young.

Omaha - District 18 covers Bellevue, Plattsmouth, and Weeping Water. Not all meetings are listed. The office can give more.

American Heart Association - AHA has a lot of resources on tobacco, cigarettes, smoking, and spit tobacco.

They're Rich, You're Dead - University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco".

Omaha - An information source for Omaha metro area Area Al-Anon family groups.

SmokeLess States - National tobacco policy initiative that supports statewide coalitions with the goal of reducing tobacco use. Online newsletter, factsheets and information on tobacco taxes, secondhand smoke, and quitting smoking.

Philip Morris Anti-Smoking Ads Fail to Work - Study examines 9000 people exposed to anti-smoking ads, finds that the Philip Morris "Think, Don't Smoke" ads are ineffective.

Statewide - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings for all of New Mexico plus El Paso, Texas. Other information on the organizations is in both English and Spanish.

Tobacco Free Montanta - Coalition of groups in Billings and Yellowstone County, Montana; offers opportunities for tobacco action, prevention, and cessation.

Smoking: truth or dare - Focus is on the consequences of smoking here and now, not maybe later. Here and now, smoking robs teens of their looks, nicotine addiction takes over their lives, and empties their wallets.

Tulsa - Al-Anon and Alateen activities for Tulsa and all of Northeastern Oklahoma.

Canadian Cancer Society: Tobacco and Cancer - Committed to helping Canadians choose not to smoke, or to quit if they are already smokers. Educational material to help prevent smoking, about the effects of secondhand smoking, and about how to quit. Also advocates to reduce the marketing of tobacco products to young people, and to protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke.

ScienceU: Cigarette Advertising and Children - Science-based curriculum examines why advertisers spend money on advertising in general, and why tobacco companies spend money on advertising in particular.

Peachtree Parkway Al-Anon Family Group, Norcross,GA - The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences to solve their common problems. Serving Norcross, Dunwoody, & Gwinnett, Dekalb, & Fulton counties.

Indiana Tobacco Control Center - Tobacco control resources; help for the smoker/chewer, for physicians, health care providers, and policy makers.

SAVE: Empowering Survivors of Tobacco Sickness - Survivors and Victims of Tobacco Empowerment trains survivors of tobacco-related illness to speak with children and teens in schools and community groups about what tobacco products do to their customers.

Ontario South Assembly - Al-Anon and Alateen meetings, events, and literature. Gives support for family and friends of alcoholics in southern Ontario, Canada.

Health Action Council of North Carolina - Partnership of the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society; tobacco news and resources, instructional videos on tobacco and smoking, policy network, and youth programs.

Piggy Anti-tobacco Youth Education - MTV reality show host available to speak at schools about tobacco.

Nova Scotia Al-Anon and Alateen Meeting List for Districts 11 and 7 - Listings for Halifax, Dartmouth, and surrounding areas. 2002 meetings and information for anyone who is, or has ever been, affected by someone else's drinking.

GASP of Nebraska - Nonprofit organization founded in 1989, dedicated to the elimination of secondhand smoke in the workplace.

Realities of Smoking - Online educational presentation that helps to identify the causes and effects of smoking.

British Columbia and Yukon Territory - How to find Al-Anon and Alateen meetings and events.

Had Enough Wisconsin? - Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board has information on corporate lies and influence, taking action locally, secondhand smoke, teen action, quitting, and tobacco facts and news.

Getting to the Truth: Evaluating National Tobacco Countermarketing Campaigns - Survey of several thousand teens finds that the "truth" campaign effectively changed attitudes towards smoking but the Philip Morris campaign had a counterproductive effect.

Saskatoon - Information on Al-Anon and Alateen meetings and special events in and near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Get R.A.G.E. - Get Real, Get Active, Get Going, Get Empowered. - Youth advocates across the state of South Dakota take on Big Tobacco.

Rebels 2080: The Battle for a Tobacco-Free Future - Tobacco activism for teens; shockwave and non-shockwave site.

Key to Harmony - An email meeting for members of Al-Anon Family Groups, with two topic meetings per week.

Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program - Oregon Public Health services provides tobacco facts, scientific information about tobacco, tobacco laws, tobacco industry secrets, and tools for health programs and smokefree advocacy.

Smoking Up a Storm - Online course in the history of tobacco and the tobacco industry.

Al-Anon Internet Meetings - Alcoholism Net Links - Links Online Al-Anon chat meetings, and email groups.

Community Tobacco Control Coalitions in New York - Provides listings for tobacco control and smokefree coalitions in communities across New York state.

Students Working Against Tobacco - Florida Students Working Against Tobacco. Online message board.

OmniChat - HTML-based Al-Anon chat room.

Tobacco-Free Coalition of Washington County - Oregon coalition. Provices information on the science of secondhand smoke; citizen involvement in mandating smokefree workplaces; tobacco industry secret documents; coalition involvement.

Choice of a Lifetime: Should I smoke? - 33-minute video biology lesson on the effects of smoking on the body. Designed for middle/high school classes. Comes with a teacher's syllabus and lesson plan.

Al-Anon - Miracles in Progress Online Group - Online forum promoting 12 Step recovery meetings. Al-Anon meetings held nightly and each week day morning. Alateen meetings held twice each week. Founder: John Freifeld.

Anti-smoking.org & Foundation for a Smokefree America - Anti-smoking group founded by tobacco mogul R.J. Reynolds' grandson offers youth a powerful tobacco prevention message, how to quit smoking tips, resources and anti-tobacco links, educational videos, and so on.

StepUPNC - Place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control.

The Jaywalker Site - Dedicated to the 12 Steps as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonmyous.

Warren County Communities Against Tobacco Coalition - Develops community based strategies to reduce smoking and public exposure to secondhand smoke and supports programs that help smokers quit smoking throughout Warren County New Jersey. News, events, smokefree dining guide.

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights - Works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction.

International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous - I.L.A.A. is a group of recovering lawyers and judges carrying the message of recovery within their profession. Their purpose is to help others out of their denial and into A.A.

SmokeFree Michigan - Michigan Citizens for SmokeFree Air, a grass roots statewide organization working for smoke-free environments wherever the public gathers. Features smokefree dining guide for Michigan; also tobacco news, analysis, and advocacy.

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) - Nation's oldest and largest antismoking organization takes legal action and provides information about the problems and costs of smoking.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Official site of the Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.

Pride: Tobacco Free Nebraska - Factsheet on impact of tobacco in Nebraska, secondhand smoke, and tips for teens.

SmokeScreen Action Network - Tobacco news, discussion, and advocacy. Features extensive set of mailing lists organized by topic.

The Orange Papers - A series of essays that are critical of Alcoholics Anonymous, covering history, philosophy, and current practices.

Alabama Tobacco Prevention and Control - Goals include eliminating environmental tobacco use exposure, promoting quitting, preventing initiation, and identifying and eliminating disparities among populations.

Save Lives, Not Tobacco -- A Coalition for Accountability - Coalition of over 300 public health, consumer, medical, civic, labor and business organizations that advocates fair and effective tobacco control policies at local, state, and national levels. Supports measures that will reduce addiction, disease, disability and death caused by tobacco products. Believes that granting special protection to the tobacco industry is unjust and would undercut the ability to protect public health.

Spiritual Way to Recovery - Personal stories, Recovery message board, relationship advice. (Mandatory MIDI music)

Chemung County Reality Check - Youth led movement with the goal of exposing the truth about tobacco and the manipulative marketing practices that the tobacco industry uses to target teens.

Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco - Pulls together information on tobacco, nicotine and addictdion, secondhand smoke, media advocacy, youth, tobacco additives, and women and tobacco.

Big Book Bunch - Use these guidelines for taking the 12 steps of A.A. and learn about other sobriety topics in the Big Book.

Illinois Tobacco-Free Communities - Sections on tobacco and health, tobacco industry deception tactics, tobacco programs and projects.

Breed's Tobacco Activism Guide - A comprehensive guide to the Internet for the Tobacco Control Advocate by Dr. Larry Breed, DrPH covers dozens of topics and outlines activism responses to tobacco, with an emphasis on knowledge before action.

e-AA - An electronic reference to Alcoholics Anonymous for Windows 98.

Smoking Stops Here - Maryland organization provides information and ways to get involved in the fight against tobacco.

kickbutt.org: health advocacy, tobacco as a community issue - Washington DOC (Doctors Ought to Care) is a pioneering organization on tobacco and smoking founded in 1982. ScarcNet tobacco news summaries, educational materials, tobacco issues and analysis. Instead of lecturing to kids about smoking, kickbutt enlists kids as advocates for a smokefree society, and in fighting the tobacco industry.

Online AA Recovery Resources - Alcoholics Anonymous information: phone numbers, meetings, and conventions.

Tobacco Free Iowa - An organization that helps clear the air of secondhand smoke to minimze Iowa lung cancer.

RI Tobacco Control Network - The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network has a local calendar, factsheets, RI state laws on tobacco, RI communities with tobacco control ordinances, and advocate training.

The Recovery Zone - A complete 12 step resource site that features The Big Book of AA online in free streaming audio. Listen with either Real Player or Windows Media Player.

SAVE: Empowering Survivors of Tobacco Sickness - Trains survivors of tobacco-related illness to speak with children and teens in schools and community groups about smoking and the effects of tobacco products.

SCARCNet Home Page - SCARCNet Smoking Control Advocacy Resource Center Network, a project of the Advocacy Institute

Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous - OIAA is composed of elected reps of all online AA groups wishing to participate. We will strive to provide whatever support we can offer to groups as they carry the message of recovery from alcoholism.

Domini Social Investments: Tobacco - Investment firm describes why it will not invest in any companies deriving identifiable revenues from the manufacture of tobacco products.

Smoke Free Maryland Home Page - Avocacates for a smokefree society. Features information on the economic costs of tobacco use.

A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps - A non-traditional guide for those working the Steps and for those who want to broaden their understanding of the nature of addiction and the recovery process. Read the book online.

Tacoma-Pierce County Tobacco Prevention - How tobacco ads target kids; tobacco compliance checks; tobacco cessation resources; Pierce County smokefree dining guide; truth in outdoor tobacco advertising.

Tobacco Control Online - Current and recent issues online. News, analysis, ad watch, industry watch, events, lots of content.

Twelve Steps and Alcohol Anonymous - A personal experience of working the steps, in particular a discussion of step three and any that follows it.

The Cancer Research Campaign - UK cancer prevention program has focus on reducing tobacco product use; provides information on smoking trends, women and smoking, pro-tobacco influences in the UK, and quitting.

Tobacco-Related Litigation in Pennsylvania, USA - Documents, history, essays, and testimony by Robert B. Sklaroff, MD.

AA Grapevine - Official international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, widely known as - Our meeting in print.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Tobacco research and intervention.

INFACT - National grassroots organization founded in 1977, best known for its successful Nestle and GE boycott campaigns. Features information on the tobacco industry, explodes the myths pushed by tobacco industry PR (e.g. "smoking is an adult custom"), and invites action on a new boycott of the tobacco industry.

Alcoholism and AA Recovery - Diagnosis and comprehensive discussion of alcoholism, addiction, and recovery. Topics include: Twelve Steps, original writing on insanity, spirituality, links, and broad coverage of related diseases.

StopTheButts - Erie-Niagra Tobacco Free Coalition, located in upstate New York, offers local tobacco law and factsheets, facts about secondhand smoke, E-Z letters to take action, and tobacco documents.

ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Health - Resources for advocates include tobacco history, factsheets, schools resources, presentation resources, discussion, policy analysis, and an extensive analysis of the tobacco industry based on industry internal memos.

Back to Basics - Books, tapes, and other resources. AA History. Calls itself a return to the original 12 step program.

Bismarck Tobacco Free Coalition - A pro-active organization dedicated to promoting a healthy, tobacco free environment in North Dakata. Area smokefree dining, smokefree advocacy, local tobacco news.

Making it UNCOOL - Article by Robert Worth in The Washington Monthly. He thinks we should make fun of tobacco products.

ICYPAA Convention - The International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous. Information about 46th Convention in Portland, Oregon, July 3-6, 2003.

Tackling Tobacco - Programs and information for students, teachers, and health care professionals about tobacco, from Texas A&M.

Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada - Covers everything from tobaco marketing to constituents of secondhand smoke to economic costs of smoking in Canada.

Glenn K Audio Tapes - Thousands of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and 12-step recovery convention tapes. Also CDs. Tape of the month subscriptions available.

Tobacco Free Spokane - Programs, tobacco facts, calendar, and tobacco free sports.

Web Pages United Against Smoking - Smokefree resources, including links to smoking cessation information, and smoke-free personal pages.

Links Page - Links to AA sites by categories: History and research, Chat rooms, Clubs, and others to make online A.A. search easier.

Alberta Tobacco Reduction Alliance - Advocates for comprehensive action against tobacco in Canada.

International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) - Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls.

What Churches Can Learn from AA - Article by Reverend Samual Shoemaker, an early friend of Alcoholics Anonymous. Describes AA as a life-changing fellowship.

New York State College Alliance Against Tobacco - A network of student-driven coalitions at colleges and universities throughout New York State. Advocates for smokefree dorms, buildings and events; on-campus treatment for tobacco dependency; prohibition of tobacco sales and advertising on campus.

Virginia GASP home page - Factsheets on tobacco and the tobacco industry developed by Virginia GASP. Extensive summary of tobacco industry misconduct.

Gopher State Tape Library - Alcoholics Anonymous speakers and conferences on audio tape. Also a schedule of Midwestrtn US and Canadian AA events, roundups, study groups

smokefreeVCU.org - Smokefree organization at Virgina Commonwealth University; site features smokefree stories, quit help, posters on smoking and quitting, behavioral strategies for success in beating nicotine.

Non Smokers' Movement of Australia - Fighting the tobacco industry, tobacco advertising, smoking in public places and "all out-of-touch politicians who support this bogus industry". Newsletter with timely updates; publications and factsheets on tobacco history, industry strategies, and smokefree environments.

The Little Big Book Dictionary - An aid to reading the Big Book of "Alcoholics Anonymous." Words above an elementary reading level are defined according to their use in the main part of the book.

Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island - Prevention, cessation, and protection from tobacco products are the focus; cessation resources, pending legislation, teen scene, news, events, and related sites.

WISH Home Page - Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health. Guides to smokefree dining in Wisconsin, smokefree apartments, lodging, B&B, entertainment, shopping; tobacco news.

The Recovery Emporium - Offering resource links, feature articles, and automated daily readings from a variety of popular recovery group literature. Supported by sales of anniversary medallions and recovery related gift items.

Tobacco-Free Miami-Dade Communty Partnership - News, updates, and coalition advocacy for a tobacco-free Florida.

Tobacco Free Initiative Home Page - World Health Organization (WHO) on tobacco.

The Gift of Recovery - An online community for persons in recovery from alcohol and other addictions. Twelve step support and resource center. (Parts require JAVA.)

National African American Tobacco Education Network - NAATEN - A collaborative of national African American organizations united in the fight to prevent and reduce tobacco use among African Americans.

The Shuster Project - Tobacco Industry Fraud & False Claims Issues - A NON-Health Related Tobacco Industry Fraud & False Claims Issues site. Uses tobacco company documents, forms and guides to illustrate fraudulent tobacco company policies, practices, procedures and false claims. It has Grassroots Efforts Programs and will be interactive. It is at less than 1/10th of 1% of planned content.

Searcy's Book 2 Steps 1-9 - Offers a book by an AA oldtimer on "two different proven methods on how to experience the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous."

Reality Check - Reality Check is a youth-led anti-tobacco movement that encourages youth to fight the manipulative marketing tactics of the tobacco industry.

ASH Australia - Factsheets, letters, analysis, white papers, stories, comments, and newsletter cover tobacco control, tobacco disease, cancer, addiction, advocacy, media, youth smoking, films and entertainment, tobacco policy, and smokefree public places.

Special Populations in Alcoholics Anonymous - AA involvement is more important to success than mere AA attendance. Study compares the extent of AA attendance of white, Hispanic, and African-American participants following psychological treatment. (PDF file requires Acrobat Reader.)

Indiana Tobacco Control Center - Resources include help for the smoker/chewer, information for the health provider, and information for the policy maker.

Preemption of Local Tobacco Control - ANR papers and tips on preemption and how to fight it. "Preempting local tobacco control with weaker state or federal laws is the tobacco industry's number one legislative goal."

AA Speaker Tapes - Listen to recordings of AA speakers. New recordings are added on a regular basis. Others are available to download. (Requires RealAudio player.)

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH UK) - Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources. Focus on Europe

Tobacco Post - Canada's best anti-tobacco site - Canadian coverage of tobacco wars. Covers friends and opponents of the industry in Canada.

Working the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous - A guide to working the Steps by someone who has had long-term success through the AA program.

American Cancer Society - Harmful effects of tobacco, Quitting Tips, Great American Smokeout, Smoking Legislation, Risks for Children and Teens.

DontPardonBigTobacco.org - Allows anyone concerned about the tobacco industry's deadly practice of marketing to kids to send an instant fax to President Bush telling him NOT to weaken the government's lawsuit against the tobacco companies.

Staying Sober in Mexico City - Review of book by anthropologist who studied Alcoholics Anonymous in Mexico City

Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Working with medical associations across Europe to educate doctors, help patients, and inform public policy on tobacco.

Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program - Produces a variety of public outreach material on tobacco and smoking, including radio ads, TV commercials, posters, billboards, theater hall slides and merchandizing items. Performs policy analysis, provides training and technical assistance, and help in quitting.

Staying Sober in Mexico City - Brief description of a book by anthropologist Stanley Brandes studies the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous in Mexico and how it has adapted to the culture.

Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium - TTAC builds capacity to achieve effective tobacco prevention and control programs and policies, by providing information and technical assistance.

GASP of Colorado - Smokefree dining database, advocacy, and lots of educational articles.

First Edition Stories - Complete text of the personal stories from the 1939 First Edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty - Mission is to identify resources and advocate for the elimination of tobacco use among the poor.

Get Outraged - "Tobacco is the largest single cause of premature death in the developed world, responsible for about 30% of all deaths among persons 35 to 69 years of age." Dedicated to "exposing tobacco industry lies and deceit and helping ordinary citizens get involved in the fight against Big Tobacco."

A.A. and Alcoholism - The Fellowship (Alcoholics Anonymous) has adopted a policy of "cooperation but not affiliation" with other organizations concerned with the problem of alcoholism.

American Lung Association of California - "The American Lung Association of California is active in Sacramento and statewide in opposing the tobacco industry's pervasive influence." Tobacco information, issues, news, analysis, and advocacy.

Non-Smokers' Rights Association / Smoking and Health Action Foundation (Canada) - NSRA and SHAF have been at the forefront of tobacco control efforts in Canada and around the world for the past quarter-century.

AA Worldwide - Address and phone number of many international General Service Offices. Links to any that have web sites. By Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.

American Lung Association of Colorado - Tobacco use page. Programs, campaigns, quitting tips, secondhand smoke facts, advocacy, special events.

Prescription for Change - "To help a persistent cough, go to aisle 8. To get a persistent cough, go to aisle 14" Advocacy to urge pharmacies to stop selling tobacco products.

About A.A. - Newsletter for Professionals - AA wants to cooperate with clergy, legal, medical, correctional, employers, and others who may deal with alcoholics. By General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous.

American Lung Association of East Bay - ALA in the San Francisco bay area. Programs, special events, volunteer opportunities, advocacy, and help.

Council for a Tobacco-Free Ontario Home Page - The Council for a Tobacco-Free Ontario (CTFO) is a volunteer-directed, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate tobacco use in Ontario. Updates on Canada and the U.S. Extensive resources area. In English and French.

Sobriety Medallion Clip Art - Pick up your web clip art version anniversary medallion. Any number of years. It's not metal but it's free.

American Lung Association of Minnesota Smoking Page - Cessation information, secondhand smoke facts, industry watch, advocacy network, wall of remembrance, literature.

NO PATSY Homepage - National Organization of People Attacking Tobacco Sales to Youth - Canada's Tobacco Activist Headquarters - Top stories from NO PATSY - Canadian coverage of tobacco wars, the battles, the lawsuits, the government actions.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Report - How one school shows the value of AA to students.

American Lung Association of Oregon - Tobacco prevention, advocacy, and programs.

Tobacco Control - Research paper. Extensive and fully documented look at Arizona's Proposition 200. Concludes: "health advocates in Arizona successfully fought tobacco industry attempts to divert the health education funds and pass preemptive legislation. But the executive branch limited the scope of the program to adolescents and pregnant women, and prevented it from attacking the tobacco industry or focusing on secondhand smoke."

Native Ameican Indian GSO - NAIGSO helps adapt Alcoholics Anonymous to the spiritual traditions of the many indian tribes. Events. Information on creating groups.

American Lung Association of Santa Clara-San Benito Counties - Freedom from Smoking, Freedom from Smoking for Teens, Freedom from Smoking for Seniors programs; secondhand smoke helpline; smokefree bar complaint help.

San Francisco African American Tobacco Free Project - The San Francisco African American Tobacco Free Project fights the pervasive infuence of the tobacco industry in our community. "We used to pick it -- now they want us to smoke it!"

The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, A.A. and - This paper looks at the medical view of alcoholism as a disease. This concept was important to the development of Alcoholics Anonymous. (PDF file requires Acrobat reader.)

American Lung Association - A leader in tobacco education and control, also providing information on quitting smoking, community involvement, and legislative activities.

Smoke-Free School - Aims for a 100% smoke-free environment at the Samuel-de-Champlain school in Saint-John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Baha'i View of Alcoholics Anonymous - Letters from the Universal House of Justice say that the practice of confession in the 5th Step of Alcoholics Anonymous is acceptable to followers of the Baha'i faith.

CJR - Lessons of the Sixty Minutes Cave-In - "Tobacco companies, when faced with damaging exposure, are increasingly resorting to expensive, intimidating, take-no-prisoners litigation to circumvent the First Amendment, strong-arm the press, silence witnesses, and keep important facts from coming to the public's attention".

Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania - Provides news and information for advocates, policy analysis, a discussion forum, and searchable databases of smoking cessation programs and smoke-free restaurants in Pennsylvania.

The Counseling Profession and Alcoholics Anonymous - AA is a vital community resource. This article looks at differences between the Twelve Steps and common counseling practices. Other approaches may be of more help some clients.

Columbia Journalism Review Resources for Tobacco Reporting - Summary of sources on tobacco for reporteres, editors, and journalists.

buttout.net - Urges boycott of R. J. Reynolds products as long as company advertises in magazines with a substantial readership in the under 21 year old age greoup.

International Doctors in Alcoholics Anonymous - IDAA is a group of approximately 4500 recovering health care professionals of doctorate level who help one another achieve and maintain sobriety. This website provides information and resources for prospective and current members along with their family and friends.

Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz - Frontline interview; covers the Brown and Willaimson documents; the "settlement"; public health activities; the industry. "This is an industry whose whole thinking and behavior has been dominated by avoiding responsibility for its actions".

Tobacco Cases 1830 - 2000 - Near-exhaustive compilation of lawsuits against the tobacco industry.

The Twelve Qualities of Sponsorship - One anonymous writer's view of the spiritual relationship between a sponsor and the person being sponsored.

Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape - In March 1994, ABC killed a "Turning Point" documentary on Big Tobacco. The text and some of the video (as QuickTime clips) is now available on this site.

Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles - Charts the dramatic and complex history of tobacco politics in California over the past quarter century. By Stan Glantz and Edith Balbach.

Alcoholic Anonymous Bibliography - Illustrated bibliography about this 12-step program, and links to other resources.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America: the tobacco connection - The Partnership loves to talk about illegal drugs. They are hard pressed to say anything about a drug that kills more Americans than all illegal drugs combined: tobacco. One reason may be, the Partnership has taken cash from Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds.

National Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco - Aims to help recognize the dangers of tobacco use and exposure, and take a leadership role in helping the global community of women and girls lead tobacco-free lives.

Supreme Court: No Forced Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings For Atheists. - Details a 1999 ruling by the highest court in the US that an atheist could not be compelled to attend AA meetings as a condition for probation.

Coverage of Smoking in Women's Magazines - A review of 13 magazines across 5 months finds they dispense a lot of health advice but say little about smoking. Over that same period, those magazines ran over 300 cigarette ads.

MASCOT: Multicultural Advocates for Social Change on Tobacco - Statistics, factsheets, and discussion on tobacco policy, smokefree workplaces, retailers selling to youth, industry quotes on nicotine and addiction, and medical costs due to smoking.

Other Views - Some background of AA in terms of its religious roots and goals. Three articles that contradict the religious roots.

Science Writers: Tobacco Industry Turns Heat On - Tobacco industry harrassment of journalists and the media to kill or water down stories on smoking and the tobacco industry.

Frontline: Interview with Stanton Glantz - Covers the Brown and Williamson papers, how they got to Glantz, what we've learned from them about the tobacco industry, how the industry tried to intimidate Glantz and UCSF to suppress them and why UCSF stood up to the industry where ABC and CBS did not.

Summary of Alcoholics Anonymous - Profile and history of AA.

Philip Hilts interview - Hilts was a New York Times correspondent covering the tobacco beat and has published a book on it. This interview covers the Brown and Williamson papers, industry legal and PR strategy, industry conduct, media response, and industry intimidation of journalists and media.

Tobacco To 21 - Ohio-based organization; advocates making 21 the mininum age to buy tobacco. Info on tobacco history; industry promotion; tobacco and health; addiction; costs of tobacco use; use by children; and public policy.

Twelve Steps and Anonymous - An informal attempt to list groups that spun off of Alcoholics Anonymous.

FAIR: Tobacco Wars: The First Casualty Is Candor - A hard look at recent tobacco reporting, primarily on TV news: which facts get reported? Which don't? And what utterances get reported as "fact"?

National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) - Information and networking services for tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects, resources, and advocacy in Canada.

Judaism and A.A. - Being a Jew need not keep anyone from participating in Alcoholics Anonymous. An interpretation of the Twelve Steps in terms of Jewish teachings.

CJR - ABC, Philip Morris and the Infamous Apology - Columbia Journalism Review article on Philip Morris's lawsuit against ABC after they ran a hardhitting Day One program on the tobacco industry.

Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education - Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with lung cancer improve their quality of life provides resources for smokefree advocates: legislative news and alerts, events, speakers, and calls for action.

Transitions Daily - Features free daily e-mails of readings, thought for the day and reflections. Information and help for people suffering from alcoholism including AA links, prayers, e-cards, web rings and other recovery sites.

Tobacco and the Media - Corporate Watch feature on connections between tobacco and the media.

Nicotine Victims - Focus is on tobacco product addiction.

Buddhist Twelve Steps - Interpretation of the Twelve Steps of A.A. for people who do not accept western religious concepts.

USA Today Tobacco Stories - Collection of stories on the tobacco industry, its conduct, and litigation.

Health Canada: Tobacco - Information from Health Canada on smoking and tobacco use. Reports, statistics, studies, news releases, and regulations.

AA Speaker Tapes - Listen to recovered speakers of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill W, Dr Bob, Chuck C, Kip C, etc.

Both Sides' Antismoking Ads are the Latest Focus of Tobacco War - Newspaper article on antismoking ads from health organizations and from the tobacco industry.

Jeffrey Wigand, Ph.D. - Tobacco whistleblower whose story is featured in the movie 'The Insider'

Hyannis Big Book Step Study - Offers one style of step discussion meeting based on a rather strict interpretation of the Big Book.

Frontline: Smoke in the Eye: Jeffrey Wigand - Transcript of Frontline report on Wigand, the censored 60 Minutes show, the tobacco industry, and media.

GLOBALink - The International Tobacco Control Network - A central place for all tobacco-control advocates. GLOBALink is a clearinghouse on tobacco: News bulletins, Discussion groups, List servers, free web-hosting, free listserver.

Traditions CheckList - Questions to ask yourself to see if you are practicing the principles of the Twelve Traditions. From AA GrapeVine 1969 thru 1971.

Double Book Review: Smokescreen/The Cigarette Papers - Review of books by Philip Hilts and Stan Glantz.

The Tobacco Scandal: Where is the Outrage? - Speech given by Dr. Koop in September 1998. Dr. Koop found the real scandal at the time was Big Tobacco's power in Congress. He gives his reasons for outrage at that scandal, in moving and vivid terms.

Relationship of NA to AA - Narcotics Anonymous affirms that "Singleness of Purpose" is appropriate for Alcoholics Anonymous. By NA World Service Board.

Press Clips: Tobacco Row - Explores a connection between $60,000 worth of tobacco ads in Brill's Content and a six-page article in the magazine that bashes the media for "overstating" the link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer.

Tobacco Money in Politics: Over $25 million - Common cause study.

Big Book Thought for the Day - Daily inspirations from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Tobacco Access and Media - Poster session from health conference examines smoking in movies, use of media to send anti-tobacco messages, and developing tobacco media campaigns using youth attitudes.

Tobacco Free.org - Anti-smoking site telling the public the truth about the tobacco industry, teen smoking, and effects of second hand smoke. Promoted by anti-tobacco spokesperson Patrick Reynolds, grandson of R.J. Reynolds Co. founder.

Gresham's Law and Alcoholics Anonymous - Contrasts what it calls strong, medium, and weak versions of the AA program. First of four parts with links to the rest.

Philip Morris Memo Likens Nicotine to Cocaine - Reprint of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for national reporting.

NJ Breathes - Information and advocacy for tobacco education, smokefree air, and coverage of cessation, in New Jersey.

Recovery and Alcoholism - One member's view of AA, the Big Book, the steps, meetings, alcoholism, and recovery.

Kiss My Ash - Article highlights the influence of tobacco ad dollars on news content by way of a personal account.

QuickTime: PSA - A quicktime video clip of an anti-smoking ad aired in California, until it was pulled by governor Pete Wilson. Wilson is "still a good friend" of the tobacco industry, according to an exposed industry document.

Alcoholics and God - Liberty Magazine - The September 1939 Liberty Magazine article on Alcoholics Anonymous. First national coverage of AA.

Censorship in the Media - Factsheet makes the case for tobacco ads buying silence from major media.

Smokefree Advocacy - ANR and its members are involved in numerous clean indoor air campaigns around the nation. ANR action alerts give you an opportunity to take steps to protect your health and the health of your community.

Plain Dealer - Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper articles on Alcoholics Anonymous. Elrick Davis, 1939. Took AA beyond mere word of mouth.

The Collaborators - Tobacco ads, advertising, and its effect on publications that carry it.

The Tobacco Wars American Style - Canadian physician Terry Polevoy looks at the U.S. tobacco scene.

The Jack Alexander Article - "Alcoholics Anonymous" by Jack Alexander, Saturday Evening Post, March 1, 1941. This resulted in a major growth of AA. {Mandatory MIDI music while you read it.)

Accuracy in the Tobacco Settlement Ads of 1997-1998 - Analysis by policy center at the University of Pennsylvania of the accuracy of a major media campaign by the tobacco industry.

Tobacco Control Super Site - Tobacco control information for public health researchers and advocates in addressing contemporary issues in international tobacco control with particular relevance to Australia.

A.A. History Buffs - A discussion group for those interested in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Smoke, Mirrors, and Censorship - Report on how and why ABC News pulling the plug on a hard-hitting documentary film about the tobacco industry.

Developing Coalitions for Tobacco-Free Youth - Why tobacco is a community issue; forming a coalition; developing the coalition's membership and expertise; planning for action; communicating with the community.

The Oxford Group Connection - Many spiritual principles of Alcoholics Anonymous came from the Oxford Groups, an early 20th century religious movement. This article traces that part of AA history.

Tobacco Advertising and Counteradvertising - CDC provides graphs, tables, reports, and journal articles on the subject.

Virginia SLAM! - Leslie Nuchow got a lucrative offer from Philip Morris to be part of their "Woman Thing" promotion; she said no, and instead founded Virginia SLAM! an organization opposing tobacco industry use of music to promote smoking.

Christian or Occult Roots? - The authors suggest that AA did not originate in Christianity since it has never required members to believe in Christ crucified.

Tobacco Giant, Media Mogul Get Cozy - Short item on media connections of tobacco giant Philip Morris.

Students Oppose Smoking - Organization founded by student smokers and non-smokers dedicated to easing the problem of student tobacco use in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Biographies of the Authors of the Big Book Stories - The short biographies of the various authors of the stories in the back of the book - Alcoholics Anonymous.

What You Need to Beat Goliath - Essay on journalism, the spiked CBS interview, Wigand, the movie "The Insider", and the real world of journalism under pressure.

Public Citizen: Tobacco - Amicus briefs, litgation summaries, testimony, comments, and articles by Public Citizen regarding tobacco regulation, litigation, and legislation.

Angel of Hope - Offers a video biography of Sister Ignatia who provided medical care for many early members of Alcoholics Anonymous.

RTNDF Political Coverage Project - Advice from the pros on how to get and cover politial stories and helpful resources on the net; tobacco frequently used as an example.

Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco - Founded in 1992 to support the Ontario Tobacco Control Act to reduce tobacco sales to minors, eliminate tobacco sales from drug stores and vending machines, and make more public places smoke-free. Since then, has worked for smoke-free workplace and public place by-laws, has done research on the costs of smoking and the impacts of second-hand smoke, and assisted health agencies in developing and implementing tobacco control policies.

The Varieties of Religious Experience - In 1938, a future founder of Alcoholics Anonymous read "Varieties of Religious Experience" by philosopher and psychologist William James. Some of these ideas were important in the history of A.A. principles. Complete text.

P.U.-litzer Prizes for 1994 - The 1994 Lost In Smoke Award goes to the Weekly Reader, for reasons mentioned.

Advocacy Institute: Tobacco Control Project - Supports research, education, communication, training and advocacy for tobacco control and a smoke-free society.

The Oxford Group Connection - An article about the Oxford Group and its influence in the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Focuses on events from 1908 thru the founding of AA in 1935.

Fallout from the Tobacco War - Column explores the impact of the Internet on public information on tobacco and the tobacco industry.

AIRSPACE Action on Smoking and Health - British Columbia, Canada-based group of "Sworn Enemies of the Tobacco Industry" advocates for smokefree air, protection for children, and smokefree workplaces.

Northern Illinois Area - How AA developed from the first intergroup in Chicago to what NIA is doing now. By Area 20 of Alcoholics Anonymous. (370k PDF requires Acrobat Reader)

SCARCnet News Archive - Large searchable collection of daily news summarizes on tobacco topics, from 1996 to 1999.

Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health - Citizens and organizations advocating policy decisions, educational and prevention efforts to address the problem of tobacco in their communities. Provides tobacco news, issues, analysis, advocacy; factsheets and policy papers.

A.A. History and Archives at Indiana University - Development of spiritual aspects of the A.A. program. Consists of articles and resource material formatted for easy printing.

Quality of Research on Environmental Tobacco Smoke by Different Sponsors - Research on research examines how sponsorship affects quality and content, and also how media reports the science.

Robert Sklaroff's Tobacco Page - Robert Sklaroff, MD, writes about his decades-long effort to fight Big Tobacco.

For Drunks Only - Preface to "For Drunks Only" gives history of that book as well as the popular "Twenty-Four Hours a Day" meditation book.

External Influences on News - Lecture outline for college class on media features tobacco examples of self-censorship by news organizations.

The Conscientious Consuming Boycott Against Tobacco Companies - Calls for the boycott of all the products (both tobacco and non-tobacco) of tobacco companies.

The Lord's Prayer - Letter from AA co-founder Bill W about the custom of using this prayer to close an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

How Business Strategy Shapes Media - Chapter from upcoming book examines influence of business interests on media; tobacco reporting used as an example.

PIRG: Smokefree Environment Campaign - Public Interest Research Group, a consumer organization, finds that Big Tobacco does a lot that affects the public interest.

Articles, Letters, and Pamphlets from Early AA - A collection of newspaper and magazine articles important to the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous. More history from old letters, brochures, and pamphlets.

Selling Doubt - Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents some examples of tobacco industry influence on media.

SmokeFree Air: Fighting For the Right to Breathe Clean Air - A network of advocates fighting Big Tobacco (Philip Morris, RJR, Brown and Williamson Tobacco) by writing letters supporting smokefree environments (e.g. smokefree restaurants and smokefree bars).

How AA Came to Maryland - Starts with Maryland native Sam Shoemaker a pre-founder of AA. Follows others who brought the fellowship to Maryland and the development of early groups there.

Publishers and their Tobacco Habit - Columbia Journalism Review article on connections between cigarette advertising and publisher's policies.

International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco - News, resources, events, facts and figures, materials.

How AA Came to Baltimore - Traces the history of the first groups. Includes text of local newspaper articles during that time.

Daybreak Articles on Tobacco - Recent and archived stories on tobacco from Daybreak, UCSF's electronic edition.

Singer/songwriter Forms Coalition to Fight Tobacco Industry - Leslie Nuchow rejected a lucrative promotion offer when she learned it was from Philip Morris. Then she formed Virginia SLAM! a coalition of musicians, music industry professionals and community activists working against the tobacco industry's manipulation of music to promote smoking.

Book Reviews of the Big Book - Twenty-five contemporary reviews of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" which is referred to within AA as the "Big Book." Some praise it. Others dismiss it.

The Partnership: Hard Sell in the Drug War - Article from The Nation discusses on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America discusses its tobacco connections such as Philip Morris funding and free ad space in media that take tobacco advertising.

Finding The Power: Countering Pro-Tobacco Influences - Presents an action plan for countering industry promotion.

The Emmanual Movement - The Emmanual Movement treatment for alcoholism began in Boston in 1906. This collection of historic articles traces its development and other lay treatment methods.

NewsSynthesis Tobacco News - News portal collects from online news sources, presents headlines.

Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board - Committed to the prevention of addiction to tobacco.

The Washingtonians - Text and Articles on the Washingtonian Temperance Society. Explores similarities between the Washingtonians which started in Baltimore in 1842 and today's Alcoholics Anonymous which started in 1935.

The Art Of Manipulation - Art mural deconstructs tobacco ads and identifies how tobacco use affects the lives of the artists and contributors.

Baltimore County Tobacco Control Coalition - Advocacy coalition in Baltimore County, Maryland. Supports smokefree workplaces and public places, opposes state pre-emption of local tobacco control policies, opposes tobacco industry public relations programs.

Dr. William D. Silkworth - Articles by and about Dr. Silkworth. An early medical friend of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Messengers: Philip Morris Uses Feel-good Ads to Improve Image - Media column comments on Philip Morris's recent ad campaign touting its charitable spending.

The End of Tobacco Sales and Investments at the University of Washington - Chronicles a succesful campaign to end sales of tobacco on campus and investments in the tobacco industry at the university. Includes presentations given to the University, slides, talks, and related news items.

Talks by Bill W. - Complete text of thirty-six talks by Bill W, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Philip Morris Complains About Ad Placement - Presents and analyzes a letter that Philip Morris sent to newspapers to complain about where and how its ads ran.

Partnerships Between Attorneys and Public Health Professionals to Support Local Tobacco Control Efforts - Historically, the greatest deterrents to local tobacco control efforts have been 1) lack of policy guidance; and 2) tobacco industry legal intimidation. This paper outlines an approach that deals with both problems.

Nell Wing - A 1994 "AA GrapeVine" interview with Nell Wing. She was Bill W's secretary from 1950 on.

Media Firms Buy Their Way To Political Access - Center for Public Integrity report on media political power covers the connections between the tobacco industry and media, such as $1.1 billion in cigarette advertising, and what it buys.

Coalition for a Smoke-Free City - A broad-based coalition fighting for smokefree workplaces in New York City.

Searcy W - Interview with early Texas AA member who was 54+ years sober at the time.

The Search for the Smoking Gun - Book review of Dr. David Kessler's "A Question of Intent" in The Atlantic Monthly; considers the interesting fact that Philip Morris considered buying The Atlantic Monthly in order "to influence the public policy agenda and the information flow to the populace".

SIF Research: Tobacco's Changing Context - Explores the different approaches that shareholders can take in formulating a response to tobacco, such as divestment, modification of investments and shareholder resolutions. A sampling of institutions, including pension funds, universities, insurance companies and foundations, along with their responses, is included.

The Detroit Pamphlet - "An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps" is a historic pamphlet used in early Alcoholics Anonymous. Steps are arranged in four topics of Admission, Spiritual Phase, Inventory and Restitution, and Active Work.

Big Tobacco's Deadly Deceits - Article in Midwest Today, June/July 1996. "Cigarette Makers Have Worked Hard to Get Smokers Hooked".

A Smokefree World - Personal page of Robert Starkey.

The Akron Manual from 1940 (Part 1) - Historic pamphlet given to newcomers in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Lung Cancer Media Coverage - Lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of both men and women, is seriously under-reported when compared to other major cancers, according to a new study.

Philip Morris Info Sheet - From a Stanford University student organization responding to Philip Morris recruiting on campus.

The Akron Manual from 1940 (Part 2) - Conclusion of historic pamphlet given to newcomers in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Activist Tells SPJ that Tobacco Companies are Duping the Public - Report on a debate sponsored by the Society for Professional Journalism.

Action In The War Against Big Tobacco - Letters, press releases, and correspondence advocating for a tobacco free society. Emphasis on what ordinary citizens can do.

A Manual for Alcoholics Anonymous - 1940 - A Manual for Alcoholics Anonymous From AA Group No. 1, Akron, Ohio, 1940 - Dr. Bob's Home Group

Smoking Up a Storm - CBC Online (Canada) series of articles on tobacco, smoking, cigarettes, and the tobacco industry.

Promoting Clean Indoor Air Legislation - ASH publication.

Searcy's Book 1 - Offers a book on "My Alcoholism Recovery since 1946" and a history of how early A.A. groups started.

Bibliography on Tobacco Advertising - Bibliography of research and analysis articles on tobacco advertising and promotion.

SmokeWar - Dedicated to war against smoking and for clean air.

Tenessee Archives - This site is Tennessee State Archives of Alcoholics Anonymous in Area 64. The main purpose is to carry the message to the still suffering Alcoholic.

TV ACRES: Tobacco Products Section - Summarizes tobacco products hawked on TV, including having the stars smoke the sponsor's product on the show, as well as later history of cigars and cigarettes and TV stars; provides a list of product slogans used on commercials.

Coalition for Clean Air and Clean Lungs - "The world's first organization to address quality of air issues for residents in group housing." What you can do to protect yourself from secondhand smoke in apartments, at home, in the workplace, in public places. Also tobacco industry information, news, and analysis.

Sue Smith Windows Memorial Book - Obituary and funeral card of the daughter of Doctor Bob, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. February 15, 1918 to February 9, 2002.

Me, the Media, and Addiction - Personal essay on media influences in writer's own smoking.

Cigarette Litter - Organization dedicated to drastically reducing the amount of cigarette litter through educational campaigns.

In AA's First Five Years - An AA Grapevine article from 1967 by Lois W. A bit of Alcoholics Anonymous history including how Al-Anon was started.

washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Report - Washington Post's online library of tobacco stories. Includes breaking news, politics and policy, litigation, health issues, teen smoking, industry news, and opinion.

Stomping Out Cigarettes - Article in the WorldPaper (Australia) interviews Stan Glantz.

An Illustrated AA Bibliography - Articles about important figures in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Some Oxford Group material. Links to pages with some audio clips.

BBC News - Smoking - BBC news items on tobacco, cigarettes, and smoking.

Mobilizing the Gay and Lesbian Community Against Tobacco - Short item on community-based organization against tobacco promotion.

The Four Absolutes - Honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love were "The Four Absolutes" of the Oxford Groups from which early Alcoholics Anonymous got many of its ideas.

Tobacco Ads Retreat - Editorial comments on decision by major newspapers to stop taking tobacco ads, and highlights continuing cigarette advertising in women's magazines.

Students for Informed Career Decisions: Philip Morris Information Sheet - Student organization at Stanford itemizes some things to consider before working for the world's largest tobacco company.

An 1878 View of The Washingtonians - Article from book "The Temperance Reform and its Great Reformers." The Washingtonians was an early predecessor of AA which faded away.

Exposé 'Journalist' Conned Colleagues For 35 Years as Spy for Tobacco - Tobacco PR man Leonard Zahn, masquerading as a journalist, spied on "anti-tobacco" scientists, and on reporters and news media, for more than a third of a century.

Smoke-free Fredericton - Facts on secondhand smoke and its effects from organization for smokefree public places in Fredericton, Canada.

AA GrapeVine Archives - A growing collection of articles from the "AA Grapevine" magazine. Lots of Alcoholics Anonymous history in these pages.

Lowell Bergman - Talk and Q&A session with Lowell Bergman at the Commonwealth Club of California about CBS, the movie The Insider, journalism, corporate influences on media, and tobacco power.

Essential Action: Taking on Tobacco - Background papers, analysis, and resources for smokefree advocacy including workshops, factsheets, letter writing campaigns, and pairing tobacco control groups in the US and Canda with groups in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.

How it Worked - The story of Clarence S and the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland, Ohio. Complete text available free on-line. His was "Home Brewmeister" story in the Big Book.

He Who Has the Gold Rules - Column on media ownership and its influence on how the news gets reported. Example used is RJR's ownership of the Weekly Reader and its coverage for children of tobacco stories.

Join the Joe Chemo Campaign! - Official site of Joe Chemo can provide the Joe Chemo costume for qualified groups and individuals to smoke up an antismoking event.

Writing The Big Book - Most of the ideas and wording in the A.A. book came from other writers. An essay by archivist and historian Mitchell K.

The Cigarette Papers - The Tobacco Industry and control of information about smoking and cancer; article from The Nation Magazine.

Philip Morris Can't Hide - Presents video on Philip Morris's name change to Altria, and offers ideas for taking action.

C.G. Jung and the Beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous - Part of a growing collection of articles in Jungian psychology.

Smoke Screen: Philip Hilts Reveals abuses by Tobacco Companies - Harvard Gazette article on reporting on the tobacco industry.

Shareholder Actions: Changing the Behavior of Tobacco Companies and Their Allies - The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has developed strategy for dealing with the tobacco industry and its allies by using their stock to challenge issues through shareholder resolutions.

Dr. Robert Smith Archives at Brown University - The collection of correspondence, meeting notes and books of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Dr. Robert H. Smith has been acquired by Brown University and will be made available to researchers interested in the origins of 12-step recovery programs.

The Nation - Selected Feature - Science writer Philip Hilts, who has written about eighty stories on tobacco, twenty-five on the front page, was summarily removed from that beat three years ago after one particularly uncomplimentary story about Philip Morris.

Adbusters: Philip Morris Uncommercial - Features Quicktime movie of an upcoming uncommercial by Adbusters, questioning Philip Morris's right to exist.

Circle and Triangle Logo - What Happened To The Triangle In the Circle? History of why this symbol was removed from Alcoholics Anonymous publications in 1993.

Subsidiaries ARE Phillip Morris - Report on how Philip Morris uses its Kraft advertising dollars to influence media coverage of tobacco and smoking.

The Globalization of Tobacco - Report from CorpWatch. Essays and speeches on the global marketing and politics of tobacco.

Oxford Group Pamphlets Reprinted - Eleven complete Oxford Group pamplets reprrinted. Most of AA spiritual principals were drawn from this group's writings.

Youth Smoking and the Media - A project to study how television, anti-smoking advertising, and newspaper coverage of tobacco issues affects youth smoking.

Tobacco Detectives - Aims to investigate and expose tobacco industry business, marketing, and public influence practices intended to hide its knowledge of tobacco's deadly health consequences, shield it from regulation, and promote its products. Information and tips on searching tobacco document repositories and doing research on the industry.

Gresham's Law in Alcoholics Anonymous - This 1976 article from "24 Magazine" argues that weak A.A. is squeezing out strong A.A. practices.

How Philip Morris Influences Major Media - An internal Philip Morris memo explains how it influences journalists and gets favorable articles and commentaries, through strategies such as sponsoring journalism interns.

Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont - The Coalition "believes that Vermonters care about clean air and the health of our fellow neighbors, friends, and family. Our goal is to empower Vermonters with information and tools to influence our state government to work toward a Tobacco Free Vermont."

Alcoholics Anonymous Historical Data - The Birth of A.A. and its growth in U.S. and Canada. By the AA General Service Office.

Weblog Special: Big Tobacco - Collection of articles from the Guardian (UK) on the tobacco industry and smoking.

Big Tobacco Sucks - Campaign against Transnational Tobacco mobilizes students to use the investment power of their universities to challenge the global tobacco industry's violation of human rights, public health, and the environment; site requires Flash.

History in Photos - A photographic journey through the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Founders, friends, and memorabilia.

Tobacco Industry Analysis of Newsweek Article - Interanl tobacco industry memo reveals the history and results of tobacco industry pressure on Newsweek to water down a tobacco story.

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: World Health Organization - Advocates for strong global action to control the spread of tobacco.

Old School A.A. - A book about the Christian techniques of early A.A.'s Fellowship as reported by A.A. Trustee Frank Amos

Smoking Kills - A White Paper on Tobacco - UK Department of Health report.

Wallgreens.Com - A Chicago teen fights to get Walgreens, the nation's largest pharmacy, to stop selling tobacco products.

AA History and Trivia - A sober web site for recovering alcoholics. Questions and answers on AA History and other fun for members of Alcoholics Anonymous and their friends.

CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source - Maintained by the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Covers tobacco-related issues, statistics, news, research, data, reports, quitting tips, educational materials, publications, . Also sections dedicated to youth.

Smoke Free Maryland Voting Records Site - "Did your lawmakers vote for Big Tobacco or You?" Smoke Free Maryland's Voting Records Page examines each candidate's record on the issues.

Sobriety Medallions - Article traces the origin of the sobriety anniversary medallion to 1973 and a small mint named Wendell's.

Smoke Free Birmingham - Posters, screen savers, videos, printed information, and factsheets on smoking, quitting, and going smokefree.

ProtectMontanaKids.org - Health organizations initiative to support tobacco prevention effots in Montana.

Bill W Obituary - New York Times News Service article on the passing of A.A. co-founder Bill W on Sunday, January 24, 1971.

Indiana Prevention Resource Center Tobacco Resources - Fact sheets and lots of links.

World No Tobacco Day Ecards - Send an ecard to encourage someone you know to take action against tobacco use.

An A.A. History Archive - A collection of articles and letters relating to the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Information on Drugs of Abuse: Nicotine - Resources on nicotine addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

ASAP911Tobacco - Individual advocate in Kentucky.

The Co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous - Articles about and talks by Bill W and Doctor Bob S. Includes memorial service talk by Bill in memory of Bob. Some recordings available in Real Audio.

The Maryland Tobacco Page - Health effects of Smoking; smoking costs; fact sheets.

Center for Tobacco Free New York - Lets you send e-postcards to tell your elected officials how to spend tobacco settlement money and stop smoking in New York State.

Mitchell K's A.A. Photographic History - AA's internet archivist has created a photographic journey through the history of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Minnesota Institute of Public Health: Tobacco Related Issues - Factsheets on economic costs of tobacco, tobacco and the workplace, and tobacco and pregnancy and parenthood.

New York City Coalition for a Smoke Free City - The Coalition for a Smoke-Free City is an anti tobacco advocacy group committed to making New York a smoke-free city

Tombstone at Winchester Cathedral - Photograph of the tombstone which is quoted in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People - U.S. Surgeon General's 1994 report.

Countering Big Tobacco's Lies and PR -- Creatively - Collection of humorous, hard-hitting, innovative and inspiring counter-advertising examples and ideas from around the world.

Photographs from AA History - A collection from the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous with a few more recent pictures.

Smoke Free Maryland - Smoking Costs - Succinct, bottom-line, answers: what's it costing us?

Citygobo2 - the truthful alternative to Citygobo - Exposes www.Citygobo.com which is run covertly by British American Tobacco; explains the history, purpose, and funding of Citigobo.

Pre-Manuscript of Bill's Story - This is the first printed draft of the Big Book which was mailed to various individuals for their comments and also as a fund raising tool.

State Tobacco Information Center - Seeks to keep the public informed of developments in the effort by state attorney general to bring the tobacco industry to justice.

Smokinghurts.com - Information on smokefree restaurants, smokefree apartments and condos, coalitions, and research.

Original "How It Works" - Text of "How It Works" chapter as it was in the draft manuscript.

State by State breakdown of tobacco statistics - From the Center for Disease Control. See where your state stands!

Tobacco Survivors United - A network of survivors, families, and friends of men and women who have overcome the damanges of tobacco products; informs the public and advocates for a smokefree society.

Ten Years of A.A. in Cuba - A report by someone who attended the tenth anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cuba.

Regulation of Tobacco Sales, Marketing, and Use - Summary of US federal regulation by CDC shows enabling legislation by date.

NYPIRG: Tobacco - Information on secondhand smoke, tobacco divestment, clean indoor air laws; downloadable book on Big Tobacco and what you can do.

Dr Harry Tiebout Papers - Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, a psychiatrist, was an early supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous. These papers are an important part of A.A. history.

Tobacco Free Billboards - An article about anti-tobacco billboards replacing cigarette industry advertisements. Department of Public Health launches a new anti-smoking media initiative.

Kraft-Philip Morris Boycott - Brandeis student group advocates for boycott of Kraft products on campus.

Dr Silkworth Archive - Dr. William (Silky) Silkworth was a key figure in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. This is a collection of articles by and about him.

CDC Health Topic: Smoking/Tobacco Control - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information.

Advocating for the Public's Health - Slide presentation on "using media advocacy to cut through tobacco's smoke and mirrors" was developed by the University of Connecticut, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care.

A.A. History Lovers - A discussion group for those interested in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Replaced the earlier History Buffs group.

The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes - Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll.

NAAAPI: Tobacco Control Advocacy - The National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery (NAAAPI) has worked since 1990 to reduce the effects that the tobacco industry has had on the African American community and communities of color.

People in AA History - An Interwoven web of the People mentioned in Alcoholics Anonymous Literature, who they are and how they fit in

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - "Strengthening national, state, and local tobacco prevention and control activities to reduce the nation's #1 preventable cause of death".

Tobacco Free Hall County - Group located in Grand Island, Nebraska, is dedicated to promoting lives free of smoke. Features award winning materials on secondhand smoke.

The Serenity Prayer - A 1992 article from "Box 4-5-9" on the origins of the Serenity Prayer and how it came to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Tobacco Prevention Budget Decimated - The Massachusetts tobacco prevention program, regarded as a model for the nation, has been cut by the governer to the point that the bulk of the programs will now be gone; article covers how and why.

Pro-Youth Pages: Boycott Philip Morris - Discusses how tobacco products are marketed to youth, and calls for a boycott of Philip Morris.

Some Early Sobriety Mementos - Photos of some early tokens marking various periods of sobriety in AA. These led to the chips that some groups still use today.

Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" - The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction.

Let's All Volunteer to Die for Philip Morris - Organizes protests and action against the tobacco industry.

Clarence Snyder - Home Brewmeister - A biography of the man who started AA in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the first group to be called Alcoholics Anonymous.

White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies - The Bush administration sought to use anti-terrorism legislation, rushed through Congress in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, to shield U.S. tobacco companies from foreign lawsuits alleging cigarette smuggling and money laundering.

CHOWK: Thwarting Big Tobacco - Describes national and multi-national tobacco promotion in Pakistan such as slick TV cigarette ads, and calls for a response.

The Silkworth Net Collection - Provides resources on the subject of alcoholism and recovery, especially AA history and the Big Book "Alcoholics Anonymous."

Cigar Smoking is a Serious Risk to Public Health - Summary of recent scientific findings concludes cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, and that both cause addiction, cancer, and secondhand smoke.

KidsBeforeProfits.org: Protect Kids Not Big Tobacco - Lets you send a letter to your elected officials asking them to take action to protect kids from tobacco.

Chicago AA History - Features an article by a delegate to the first General Service Conference. Also a member who came to AA in 1947 who died 50+ years sober.

Non Cigar Aficionado Points of View - Collection of articles on the industry promotion of the product, and the effects of the product on the customer.

Advocating for Tobacco Policy Change - Pamphlet developed by the Praxis Project provides resources for smokefree advocates.

ICYPAA History - International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous. Presently limited to the location of their conventions 1958 to present.

Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers - Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.

The Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - On April 25, 2002, the H.R. 4607, was introduced in the House of Representatives and the S. 2317 was introduced in the Senate. Learn how you can help get this passed.

The Common Sense of Drinking - This 1931 book by Richard Peabody was influential in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. Complete text is available as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file.

Cigar Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cancer - Summary of article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers what cigars do to the heart, lungs, and throat.

The Cigarette Papers - Book on what the Brown and Williamson documents reveal about B&W, cigarettes, smoking, and the tobacco industry. Entire book now available free, online.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Online - Locate a meeting anywhere in the United States, work the 12 Steps with the interactive workbook, and listen to A.A. speakers.

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pipes and Cigars - Fully footnoted factsheets on use and effects.

Joe Camel Campaign - In the litigation Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection, R.J. Reynolds and its advertising agencies were ordered to produce several million pages of documents regarding the design and implementation of the Joe Camel Campaign. Some of the most important documents from that are now available here.

The Wilson House - Former home in East Dorset, Vermont, of Bill W, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Seminars and retreats. Library contains books early AA members read. Near cemetery where Bill and wife Lois (co-founder of Al-Anon) are burried.

Cigar Smoking and Cancer - Information from the American Cancer Society on cigar trends, constituents of cigar smoke, cancer disease and deaths caused by cigars, other health effects of cigars, and secondhand cigar smoke.

The Cigarette Papers - A "webumentary" documenting what the industry knew and when they knew it, in their own words, and what they did to hide their knowledge, and to get their customers to doubt the dangers of smoking.

Doctor Bob's Home - Akron, Ohio home of a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Founders Day Convention will be June 9-11, 2002.

Cigars and Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, COPD - Summary of research findings. Cigars cause lung cancer, lung disease, COPD, and heart disease.

Addicted to Profit: Big Tobacco's Expanding Global Reach - "Big picture" presentation: money, power, addiction, sales, and how it plays out in different countries.

The Wilson House - The birthplace and childhood home of Bill W, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous in East Dorset, Vermont. Brief biography. Tour of the house. Schedule of AA and Al-Anon meetings.

Cigars: An Unsafe Alternative to Cigarettes - Since cigars don't have the warnings, taxes, ad restrictions of cigarettes, a customer could get the idea they're a safe alternative; this item summarizes the research showing why they're not.

CJR - ABC, Philip Morris and the Infamous Apology - Columbia Journalism Review report on tobacco industry intimidatation of journalists.

The Stepping Stones Foundation - Preserving the historic Wilson home in Bedford Hills, New York. Bill W was co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. His wife Lois was co-founder of Al-Anon. Pictures, archives, and a newsletter.

Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking - AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.

CJR - Darts and Laurels, Jan/Feb 95 - How the tobacco industry promotes spit tobacco, particularly to kids; how the industry organizes fake grass-roots groups to oppose smokefree public places; how the industry intimidated California TV stations from running a tough anti-smoking ad; and how the Weekly Reader, owned by the controlling shareholder of R.J. Reynolds, ran an industry PR piece on the "unfairness" of smokefree laws.

WACYPAA - Western Area Conference of Young People in AA covers much of western United States and some of northwestern Mexico. It is part of ICYPAA.

Leisurely Cigar Puffs Have Hidden Risks - Academy of General Dentistry provides information on effects of cigars.

CJR - Darts & Laurels, Jan/Feb 1993 - (Search for "Burning Issues"). In the 1970s "twenty-six bioscientists who were studying the link between smoking and disease were suddenly fired by R.J. Reynolds after company lawyers had collected their laboratory reports; the research was never made public and was never resumed". Meanwhile Reynolds, with the rest of the tobacco industry, continued to maintain that the link between smoking and disease was "not proven" and "more research was needed".

IAAWC - International AA Women's Conference - The 39th Annual Conference will be February 13-16, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. Includes registration form and some history of IAAWC.

Cigars - "Smoking cigars is thought to be safer than cigarettes. Instead of lung cancer, you develop head and neck cancer." Collection of articles outlines the effects.

No Sale: 5. Legislative Recommendations - "Faced with the prospect that state laws may be strengthened, the tobacco industry initiated a campaign to avert effective reform by enacting its own weaker proposals, designed to give the false appearance of reform without effecting meaningful change."

AA Central Offices, Intergroup and Answering Services for U.S. and Canada - How to contact AA. Central offices, intergroups, and answering services in the United States. By General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar - Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.

Tobacco Industry Sponsorship in the United States - Public health report documents the nature and extent of tobacco industry sponsorship of events and organizations; 304 separate sponsorships identified during the period 1995-1999.

AA Official Area Web Sites - The General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous for the United States and Canada is divided into delegate area. Many areas have official web sites.

The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco - Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: "good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates."

Tobacco industry undermines public health efforts worldwide - Documentation on tobacco industry PR, junk science, campaign contributions, lobbying, advertising and product promotion. Features story of how the U.S. Trade Representative, on behalf of Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, helped force Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand to water down their tobacco restrictions.

AA in the United States - Unofficial Directory - A directory of Alcoholics Anonymous and AA related sites including, roundups, clubhouses, conventions, conferences, intergroups, central offices, area sites and phone numbers. Grouped by state, with references to similar collections.

History Net- The History of Tobacco - Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline.

Trust Us: We're the Tobacco Industry - Concise guide to the millions of pages of confidential tobacco industry documents released through litigation in the United States; reveals what was going on behind closed doors in the tobacco companies.

Sonoma County - A directory of AA meetings by the Sonoma County Intergroup Fellowship.

The truth is, anti-smoking ads work - Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns.

Australian Tobacco Industry Internal Documents - Australian researcher presents internal tobacco industry documents on: advertising, targeting children; confusing the public on smoking and health; funding scientists, doctors, and consultants; secondhand smoke; plain packaging and health warnings; corporate plans, industry meetings; and product manipulation.

Marina Dock - A non-profit corporation in San Francisco. Hosts over a dozen different 12-Step fellowships. Open to the public 18 hours every day, 365 days per year.

The Tobacco Wars - Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers.

Tobacco Documents Online: Timelines - Groups tobacco industry memos by date to show a timeline of industry action on intimidation, PR, product engineering, lobbying, buying silence, using front groups, marketing, and influence of media and news.

San Francisco East Bay Area AA Intergroup and Central Office - A complete guide to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Includes 24 hour Hotline number, service, meetings, and events.

George Seldes on Tobacco - The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here.

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library - Digital library of internal tobacco industry documents from the files of top tobacco companies. Over 5 million documents, over 20 million pages, relating to scientific research, manufacturing, marketing, advertising and sales of cigarettes. Searchable and indexed by the University of California at San Francisco.

Los Angeles Central Office - Information about AA, conventions and special events.

Tobacco Ads of the 1940s and 1950s - A growing collection of pre-1960's print tobacco marketing.

CDC's Tobacco Industry Documents Web Resource - Organized set of (formerly secret) tobacco industry documents; some searchable, some displayable.

San Diego Central - AA office serving the eastern, central, and southern portions of San Diego County. Offering a listing of meetings with an interactive map for reference.

Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles - Book on the California tobacco history from the 1970s on. book information, reviews, ordering information.

Inside Quotes from the Tobacco Industry - Brought to you by the Oklahoma Department of Health.

San Francisco and Marin County - Meetings and Alcoholics Anonymous contact information by the Intercount Fellowship.

History Today: Smoking Gun - Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the U.K.

Multinational Monitor: The Tobacco Papers - Formerly secret industry documents. "Buying votes, buying friends" tobacco industry political influence; Big Tobacco and the Law; Big Tobacco goes global; Smoking Guns I: Marketing to Kids; Smoking Guns II: Nicotine Manipulation.

San Jose Gay and Lesbian AA Conference - "Sober and Free" is a conference sponsored by the gay and lesbian members of Alcoholics Anonymous in San Jose, with Al-Anon participation.

Editorial: M*A*S*H's Larry Linville: Another Victim of Cigarettes - When actor Larry Linville died earlier this month, his obituary listed the cause of death as complications of pneumonia. But the bottom line is, cigarettes killed him. This editorial explores what was known about smoking when Linville started, what the industry was saying about the product at that time.

American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry's Targeting of Youth, Minorities, and Woman - The "Joe Camel" advertising campaign, related promotional materials, and branding campaigns.

Central California - List of special events. Contacts. Newsletter outlines the service committee activities. By Area 93 of Alcoholics Anonymous

1964 tobacco industry memo - The 1964 confidential memo on the U.S. tobacco industry, written by a team from the UK tobacco industry.

Committee on the Judiciary - Humphrey Statement - Statement by Minnesota Attorney General Humbert Humphrey III before the House Judiciary Committee on tobacco policy and the June 20th settlement. "All the tobacco industry asks you to do, Mr. Chairman, is to guarantee them decades of prosperity...Members of this Committee, you don't need Philip Morris' blessing to proceed."

Reno AA - Northern Nevada Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA central office in Reno serving Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Minden/Gardnerville, Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada and California.

The Tobacco Epidemic: Historical Lessons - Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use.

Prying Open the Door to the Tobacco Industry's Secrets About Nicotine - AMA scientific article. Tobacco industry documents "reveal that for decades, the industry knew and internally acknowledged that nicotine is an addictive drug and cigarettes are the ultimate nicotine delivery device; that nicotine addiction can be perpetuated and even enhanced through cigarette design alterations and manipulations."

AA Southern California - Covers Los Angeles and vicinity. Site gives information about events and the service committees. By Area 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous.

smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses - Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product.

Don't Be Fooled Again Report - "Welcome to a new era of cooperation" as B&W Tobacco put it on March 1998. A kinder, gentler, tobacco industry? This report from Public Citizen is skeptical.

Siskiyou County - This site lists AA meetings and provides general information on the AA program of recovery from alcoholism.

The Cigarette Papers - Book review by Richard Daynard summarizes the history behind the book.

Secrets of BAT Industries - "Inside the restricted laboratory compound on the south coast of England, five senior scientists for BAT Industries, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, were devising ways to make it harder for people to quit smoking..."

San Diego Feeling Good - An annual roundup of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. Held over Labor Day.

The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby - Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.

Pervasive Influence of the Tobacco Industry - Report from National Network for Health outlines economic, political, legal, and marketing power of the industry.

ODAAT Long Beach AA Roundup - Annual event held every March, hosted by the sober gay and lesbian community of Long Beach, California.

Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee - From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs.

The Tobacco Reference Guide: The Tobacco Industry - Book chapter provides quotes and facts; all sources cited.

San Francisco - AA Meeting Materials and Links - Useful materials including: AA Preamble, Steps, Traditions, AA links, and San Franscisco / Marin County meeting lists.

Tobacco Lawyers and the Case For Cover-up Reform - Column on legal affairs reviews history of tobacco industry and its lawyers.

The Guildford Documents - Tobacco industry documents "show that the industry conducted extensive research into ways to enhance and fortify the nicotine in cigarettes and tried to cope with the shrinking market for the product by using sophisticated 'lifestyle' advertisements aimed at young people. It also introduced 'light' cigarettes to try to prevent health conscious smokers from quitting."

Pleasant Hill - Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, recreation activities, and meeting schedules for Contra Costa County and the Pleasant Hill area of northern California

RCP Report - 40 Fatal Years - A Review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 Report of the Royal College of Physicians on Smoking and Health (UK). The original publication is presented along with some analysis on what happened since.

American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry's Economic and Political Influence - AHA shows how tobacco companies have used their economic power to wield considerable influence on the political process.

ACYPAA - All California Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous. Part of ICYPAA.

WCCO Channel 4000 News: Tobacco on Trial - Extensive history of the groundbreaking Minnesota trial. Provides links into the record and testimony; documents key evidence and events in the trial.

Trinkets and Trash - Gallery of cigarette ads and tobacco industry promotional items: t-shirts, caps, radios, and a wide variety of other items designed by tobacco companies to sell cigarettes, spit tobacco, and cigars.

Santa Barbara - Meeting lists include Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, and Carpinteria. Also has activities of service committees.

Breed's Collection of Tobacco History Sites - An annotated bibliography of websites with information on the history of tobacco.

Herb Denenberg Tobacco Columns - Denenberg outlines tobacco industry recruiting and promotional efforts for cigarettes, highlights industry conduct on addiction, and summarizes industry PR versus the facts on secondhand smoke.

Santa Cruz - Meeting schedules, community services, and general information. AA in Santa Cruz County.

A Capsule History of Tobacco - Tobacco Timeline; extensive yet concise timeline of key dates in tobacco history.

1980 Philip Morris Memo Outlined Need to Conceal Nicotine Studies - Washington Post article covers secret Philip Morris memo which acknowledged that nicotine was a drug and highlighted the company's need to downplay that fact.

San Jose - Has meeting lists in Santa Clara County arranged a variety of ways. Maps are available.

Tobacco History - Collection of links to histories.

FAIR: Smoke Screens: When Journalists Boost the Tobacco Industry, Follow the Money - Article on how media companies give credence to dubious information on tobacco from sources who are close to the industry.

San Luis Obispo County - Meetings lists. Also has service activities of Central Coast Central of interest to AA members

The InTouch Interview With David Kessler, MD - Covers history of tobacco as it relates to regulation.

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