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Specific Drugs -- Tobacco

SMOKING has been identified as the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Approximately 50 million Americans smoke. They consume about 540 billion cigarettes each year, and each year approximately 390,000 people die from smoking-related causes. Cigarette smoke contains more than 300 known poisons, including such deadly substances as nicotine, arsenic, cyanide, carbon monoxide, phenol and formaldehyde. Cigarette smoking is such an enticing habit that few smokers realize they are addicted - until they are hooked.

CHEWING looseleaf tobacco and "DIPPING" moist, ground snuff tobacco are two common ways to use tobacco without smoking. There are as many as 12 million chewers and dippers in the United States who consume smokeless tobacco - many under the mistaken impression that it is safer than cigarette smoking. Smokeless tobacco contains powerful chemicals, including nicotine, nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and dozens of other carcinogens, that can injure tissues in the mouth and throat.

--Excerpts from the IPRC Factline on Tobacco.

Sites and Documents in Spanish or Portuguese
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cigarrillo/Tabaco. Spanish/English
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Los Hispanos y el Tabaco. Spanish/English
	Centros Para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC). La mayoría de los jóvenes NO fuma: Si la mayoría de los jóvenes no fuma ¿Por qué lo harías tú? Spanish
	Lo que los Jóvenes Deben Saber Acerca del Tabaco. Spanish
	No Deje que se Esfume Otro Año Sugerencias Para Dejar de Fumar. Spanish
	Usted y su bebe: Dos buenas razones para dejar de fumar. Spanish
	NIDA INFOFAX. Cigarrillos y otros productos de tabaco. Spanish
	Consumer Information. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHHRQ). La guía para la buena salud de los adultos Chapter 2. ...dejar de fumar y de abusar de alcohol y drogas. La adicción de fumar. El abuso de alcohol o drogas. Spanish
	NCI. Preguntas y respuestas sobre dejar de fumar. Spanish
	NCI. Usted puede dejar de fumar. Spanish
	Alcool e Drogas. Parar de Fumar - Guia de Auto Ajuda. Portuguese
	Alcool e Drogas. TABACO. Portuguese
	Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudos de Alcool e Drogas. (GREA). As Drogas e seus Efeitos. Drugs and Their Effects. Select Drogas," then "Tabaco." Portuguese
	O Instituto de Medicina Social e de Criminologia de São Paulo (IMESC) Nicotina. Portuguese
	O Observatório Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas. Proyeto Viver Bem. Tabaco. Incluye Livretos sobre Uma visão geral, Fume e peso, Sua Saúde, Equilibrando seu estilo de vida, Desejo de fumar, O que acontece se você fumar 1 cigarro, Fumo, estresse e humor, e Vida sem cigarros. Portuguese
	UNIFESP Virtual. Animações. Ação da Nicotina no organismo. Excelente. Portuguese

Additional Sites and Documents about or for Hispanics/Latinos
	Redes en Acción. The National Hispanic/Latino Cancer Network. English

Selected Sites on Tobacco for the General Population
	CDC. Smoking and Health Database. English
	CDC. Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS). English
	Gene Borio. Tobacco BBS: www.tobacco.org Breaking news on tobacco. Includes news, links, documents, history, and quitting tips. English
	Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Tobacco vs. Kids. A wealth of information about tobacco: Federal, state and global initiatives, youth action, tobacco news, research, facts and statistics, tobacco ad gallery and special reports. English
	Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Movie, "Wanted: Philip Morris and 'The Marlboro Man'" English
	JoinTogether Online's QuitNet. A free resource designed to help smokers quit. Offers help with strategies, peer-to-peer support, tracking of progress, etc. English
	Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC). Tobacco Information, Factlines, and Links. Portal Web Site to Information on Drugs and Drug Prevention. English
	National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Portal Web Site with Many Publications and Links and Free Materials You Can Order. English
	JoinTogether Online. Portal Web Site with Extensive Resources on ATOD and Violence Prevention, including Smoking Cessation. English
	Within this web site, see "Other ATOD Information Sites for the General Population." After going to a site, you can usually do a search, for example, for "alcohol" or "underage drinking" to find more information. English

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