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Support Groups

• Nicotine Anonymous
  Free program to quit smoking or other nicotine use, similar to the program used by Alcoholics Anonymous.
  www.nicotine-anonymous.org
• Quit Smokeless Organization
  Supporting those wanting to quit smokeless tobacco. Read about how others have successfully quit and learn how you too can "kick the can."
  www.quitsmokeless.org
• Freedom from Tobacco
  Offers an online quit smoking support group for cold turkey quitters.
  www.whyquit.com/freedom.html
• SmoQuit
  Support group created by smoking and non-smoking women and open to all who seek to improve the quality of their work life and achieve healthier lifestyles.
  www.qwl.com/smoquit/toc.html

Addiction Products

• Quit Smoking Company
  Information and products to help smokers quit.
  www.quitsmoking.com
• Committed Quitters
  Personalized resource used in conjunction with the patch or gum to help quit smoking.
  www.committedquitters.com
• Natural Way to Quit Smoking
  Find out how herbal cigarettes can help anyone live a smoke free life. NosmoQ herbal cigarettes look and taste like conventional filtered cigarettes, yet contain no nicotine.
  www.nosmoq.com
• Smoke Away (5)
  dir.yahoo.com/.../Smoking_Addiction/Smoke_Away
• Quit Smoking Online
  Offers an online course to help smokers quit naturally.
  www.quitsmokingonline.com
• Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking
  International network of smoking cessation clinics.
  www.allencarrseasyway.com
• StopSmokingCenter.net
  Interactive online quit smoking program that includes educational material and a professionally moderated support group.
  www.stopsmokingcenter.net
• Stop Smoking with Hypnosis
  Find Stop Smoking with Hypnosis locations thoughout the U.S.
  www.iwanttoquitsmoking.com
• Smoker's Rescue
  Offers an herbal aromatherapy formula to help people quit smoking.
  www.quit-smoking.net
• E-Z Quit
  Quit smoking the easy way with reusable E-Z Quit smokeless artificial flavored cigarette cartridges.
  www.ezquit.com
• Oregon Mint Snuff Company
  Alternative to chewing tobacco and smoking.
  www.mintsnuff.com
• Nicotrol
  Products for nicotine replacement therapy.
  www.nicotrol.com
• Quit Cigarette Smoking
  Offers products and information to help quit smoking cigarettes.
  www.cigarette-smoking.net
• State of Health Products
  Resource for anti-tobacco products and information.
  www.buttout.com
• Smokenders
  Smoking cessation seminar program. Self-study courses also available.
  www.smokenders.com
• Longherb Health Products
  Offer herbal aroma and Chinese herbal cigarettes to help quit smoking.
  www.stopsmokingherbs.com
• Butt Out
  All-natural herbal smoking deterrents.
  www.buttitout.com
• Medical Hypnosis
  Sells hypnosis CDs for weight loss and smoking cessation.
  www.mdhypnotherapy.com
• QuitSmokingHelp.net
  Provides information and support for quitting smoking.
  www.quitsmokinghelp.net
• Smoke Stop, The
  Offers The Cure, a technique to stop smoking and stay quit with or without pills, patches, gum, or weight gain.
  www.TheSmokeStop.com
• Quit Smoking in 7 Days
  Offers the SmokeRX natural smoking cessation program designed to eliminate cravings and help people stop smoking for good.
  www.quit-smoking-in-7-days.com
• Click2quit
  Features a tailored quit smoking plan combined with stop smoking aids from NiQuitinCQ. Get information on quitting smoking, nicotine withdrawal symptoms, and nicotine replacement therapy.
  www.click2quit.co.uk
• Stop Smoking Secrets
  Offers education and resources on smoking and tips on how to quit.
  www.stop-smoking-secrets.com
• Smokers Edge
  Herbal cigarette substitute.
  www.smokersedge.com
• Personal Improvement Computer Systems, Inc.
  Selling LifeSign, a Stop Smoking and Chewing Tobacco aid, and DietMate, a weight, cholesterol, and hypertension control aid.
  www.LifeSignUSA.com
• Nicorette (3)
  dir.yahoo.com/.../Smoking_Addiction/Nicorette
• NicoDerm CQ
  Offering a nicotine replacement patch system for smoking cessation.
  www.nicodermcq.quit.com
• 101QuitSmoking.com
  Features a step-by-step plan to quit smoking. Also offers cessation aids.
  www.101QuitSmoking.com
• Clean Break Smokers' Treatment Program
  Cognitive treatment program for smoking cessation which includes intensive one-on-one counseling.
  www.cleanbreak.com
• Stop Smoking With Patricia Allison
  Program for treating addiction to nicotine in total privacy.
  www.stopsmoking.com
• LightFree
  Sells smokeless cigarettes to help quit smoking.
  www.lightfree.com
• CigArrest
  Offers a patented homeopathic formula to help users quit smoking in as little as five days.
  www.cigarrest.com
• Commitlozenge.com
  Sells lozenge to control cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
  www.commitlozenge.quit.com
• Quitting Smoking
  Offers a nicotine craving suppressant.
  www.quitting-smoking.net
• Mind Focus
  Offering a 6-week program designed to help you stop smoking.
  www.mindfocus.com
• 4 Corners Stop Smoking Pharmacy
  Suppliers of medications and products that assist in smoking cessation.
  www.4cnrs-stop-smoking.com
• Quit Smoking Guaranteed
  Offers herbal products to aid in a quitting program.
  www.quitsmokingguaranteed.com
• BuyNicoretteonline.com
  Sells Nicorette gum.
  www.buynicoretteonline.com
• Community Intervention
  Educational supplemental materials and professional development to help at-risk youth on alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use, as well as tobacco intervention, cessation, and life skills.
  www.communityintervention.org
• Easy-Quit.com
  Herbal smoking cessation system.
  www.easy-quit.com
  

Smokeless Tobacco Health Resources

• 	MEDLINEplus: Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokelesstobacco.html Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  	Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotional Expenditures and Revenues Up, According to FTC Report to Congress - http://www.ftc.gov/reports/tobacco/smokeless98_99.htm An all-time high of $170 million was spent advertising and promoting spit tobacco in 1999; FTC report breaks it down.
  	Smokeless Tobacco or Health - http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/2/ Monograph from the National Cancer Institute. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and recommendations. All downloadable PDF files.
  	National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) - http://www.nstep.org/ Educational program designed to reduce use of spit tobacco, especially among children. Gassroots efforts to build a nation-wide network of spit tobacco education and cessation resources.
  	Tobacco Intervention Network - http://www.quittobacco.com/ Over 9,000 dentists, hygienists, cessation counselors, physicians, psychologists and other health professionals who want to help their patients quit the use of spit tobacco. How to quit spit tobacco, how health professionals can help their patients quit, news, and posters and videos on the subject.

  	Spit Tobacco - It's No Game - http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/spit_tobacco.cfm Outlines chemicals in spit tobacco and diseases it causes.
  	Spit Tobacco Prevention Network - http://www.nospit.com/ Texas coalition working to eliminate spit tobacco use in the state.
  	Tobacco Facts - Spit and Chew Tobacco - http://www.tobaccofacts.org/tob_truth/spit.html Factsheet on spit tobacco product, what's in it, and what it does to its customers, featuring the story of Rick Bender.
  	Snuff and Loose-leaf have Big Nicotine Doses - http://www.hbns.org/news/snuff12-15-03.cfm Tobacco companies keep secret the nicotine levels in their spit tobacco, but independent measurement finds high levels of nicotine and free-base nicotine.
  	Smokeless Tobacco: Tips on How to Stop - http://familydoctor.org/177.xml Information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

  	Go Ask Alice!: Chewing tobacco risks - http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0750.html Overview of plug, leaf, and snuff, and their effects.
  	Comments to FTC on Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/tobaccocomments/ Collection of letters and documents submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding spit tobacco; covers policy questions, labelling, harm reduction, addiction, ingredients, and effects.
  	Spit Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Increasing - http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/08/smokeless.htm 2003 FTC report finds that the spit tobacco industry has spent more promoting its product every year since 1987.
  	Spit Tobacco: A Guide for Quitting - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/OralHealthInformationIndex/SpitTobacco/QuittingGuide/ Put together by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Dental Research, covers health effects of spit tobacco, addiction, myths and truths, quitting, extra help, and resources.
  	Facts You Should Know About Smokeless (Spit) Tobacco - http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/rr_smokeless_tobacco.html Factsheet from Saskatchewan Health. Ingredients, effects, disease, addictive product, quit tips, prevention.

  	ScienceDaily Magazine -- Use Of Smokeless Tobacco May Lead To Breast Cancer, Wake Forest Team Reports - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/000509003313.htm Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported.
  	Smokeless Tobacco Facts - http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/smokeless.html From the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology. Short factsheet covers types of product; prevalence of use; industry advertising and promotion; effects of use; addiction.
  	Chewing Tobacco Hampers Ability to Perform Complex Tasks - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/11/991117050042.htm The nicotine in spit tobacco reduces an individual's ability to perform complex tasks that require hand and body movements to adjust to new visual feedback, according to new research.
  	National Cancer Institute: Smokeless Tobacco - http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/TCRB/less_default.html Pamphlet provides facts about spit tobacco, including its health effects.
  	Quit Smokeless Organization - http://quitsmokeless.org When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Info and support from people who've been there.

  	Spittin' Image - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2002/03/13/life_of_reilly/ Column on spit tobacco in sports.
  	Kids and Chew - http://net.unl.edu/swi/pers/kidsandchew.html Transcript of TV show on kids and spit tobacco in Nebraska explores why teens have been convinced that chew is a safe alternative to cigarettes.
  	NIDCR Publications on Spit Tobacco - http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/newsandhealth/spitTobacco.asp Posters, brochures, and pamphlets on the effects of the product, what it does to young athletes, a guide for quitting, and a graphic look at what the spit tobacco industry won't tell you.
  	Baseball's Bad Habit - http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JA96/broydo.html Magazine article on spit tobacco, its use in baseball, and how it's promoted.
  	In The Know Zone - Spit Tobacco - http://www.intheknowzone.com/tobacco/spit_tobacco.htm Types of spit tobacco, risks, promotion tricks.

  	Would a Switch from Cigarettes to Smokeless Tobacco Benefit Public Health? Yes - http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.744/healthissue_detail.asp Presents the case for recommending that smokers switch to smokeless tobacco products.
  	AAP - Things You Should Know About Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chmchew2.htm Factsheet from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
  	Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of moist snuff in humans - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/8/4/387 Article in scientific journal. Tested several brands of snuff. Measured results in human volunteers. "Large amounts of nicotine were delivered rapidly to the bloodstream".
  	Obituary: anti-spit tobacco crusader Bill Tuttle - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/4/443 Former major-league baseball player Bill Tuttle died in 1998 after a long battle with oral cancer. His life and death show what spit tobacco does to its customers, and how it's promoted by its manufacturers.
  	A girl and her chew: one woman's story of spit tobacco use - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/8/2/217 "I had my first chew just before my 17th birthday...I had been a smoker for over three years at that point...I did quit smoking eventually. Chew proved much harder for me to stop."

  	Know the Dangers: Mouth Problems - http://www.quitnet.com/library/guides/Beat_The_Habit/BTH_Danger.jtml The warning signs of mouth cancer.
  	Former Baseball Player Warns Arkansas Teens against "Smokeless" Tobacco - http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/012303/tobacco.htm Article about a program on "smokeless" tobacco.
  	Baseball Star Bagwell Snuffs Out Spitting Tobacco - http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-07-31-bagwell-tobacco.htm Jeff Bagwell stops using spit tobacco after pre-cancerous lesions started appearing inside his cheek; story explains.
  	Expert Commentary: Dangers Of Chewing Tobacco - http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/21827/24753/184343.html?d=dmtICNNews "Don't be fooled by the label 'smokeless'...the industry would love to have you believe that chewing tobacco and snuff are a safe alternative to cigarettes. In fact, what the medical professionals call 'spit tobacco' is just as addictive -- and just as likely to cause cancer and heart disease -- as cigarettes." The facts.
  	AAP: Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chmsmles.htm Some of the ingredients of spit tobacco may surprise you.

  	Baseball Players Who Use Spit Tobacco No Better Than Players Who Don't Chew - http://www.ada.org/newsrel/0895/nr04.html Major league baseball players who use spit tobacco don't hit, pitch, or field better than players who don't use it, according to recent research.
  	Cancer Control: Smokeless Tobacco - http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/less_kids.html Factsheet from the National Cancer Institute covers: seeing past spit tobacco advertising and promotion; myths and truths about spit tobacco; spit tobacco and sports
  	ADA, Coalition Ask FTC to Prohibit Smokeless Tobacco Health Claims - http://www.ada.org/prof/pubs/daily/0202/0228ftc.html The ADA joined 40 national health and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject a spit tobacco industry request to claim its product is safer.
  	Carcinogens in 5 leading brands of snuff - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7494230&dopt=Abstract Scientific paper measures levels of carcinogenic N-nitrosamines in 5 leading U.S. brands of moist snuff.
  	Would a Switch from Cigarettes to Smokeless Tobacco Benefit Public Health? No - http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.745/healthissue_detail.asp Presents the case against recommending that smokers switch to smokeless tobacco products.

  	What the Tobacco Industry Won't Show You - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/OralHealthInformationIndex/SpitTobacco/TobaccoIndustryWontShowYou.htm Health poster takes a close look at a fatal mouth cancer caused by spit tobacco.
  	Spit Tobacco: Know the Score - http://www.regionsix.com/Resource Library/Tobacco/Tobacco-Spit Tobacco-Know the Score.pdf Fact sheet from the National Oral Information Clearinghouse (NOHIC). In .pdf format.
  	Native Women's Use of Smokeless Tobacco May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer - http://www.oncolink.com/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=616 A study of Cherokee women in the U.S. showed the risk of breast cancer is nearly eight times that of women who do not use smokeless tobacco.
  	Skoal and Urban Cowboy - http://www.smokescreen.org/list/det.cfm?listid=66&MessageID=225270&SearchString= A 1980 marketing report for Skoal provides an inside look at promotion of spit tobacco; in this report, U.S. Tobacco plans to link its brand to the popular 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy".
  	Spit Tobacco: Oral Cancer by the Can - http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking/library/weekly/aa042699.htm?iam=dp&terms=tobacco+disease Spit Tobacco is as dangerous as smoking - from the About.com Guide

  	Spit Tobacco: Does Smokeless Mean Harmless - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=BDFA0D03-F8D7-42B2-A8D23038227F0F3A&locID= Mayo Clinic article explains why spit tobacco, also known as chew, snuff, or dip, causes addiction, disease, and death just like cigarettes and other tobacco products.
  	Study Exposes Dangers of Snuff For Smokers to Quit - http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20021024.133604&time=14%2054%20PDT&year=2002&public=1 As tobacco companies promote smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to cigarettes, many smokers who take up snuff in an effort to quit instead end up using both products, warns a researcher. Furthermore, nonsmokers who use snuff are more likely than those who don't to eventually begin smoking.
  	Spit Tobacco: Oral Cancer by the Can - http://quitsmoking.about.com/library/weekly/aa042699.htm?once=true& Short article outlines the medical facts: half of all oral cancer patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis.

Overall Smokeless Tobacco

• 	Snuff Box - The Nasal Snuff Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snuffboxthenasalsnuffclub/ The only club on the Web devoted to nasal snuff. A Yahoo! group
  	Swedish Snus - http://www.swedish-snus.com Specific information about the unique Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Snuff - which is called "Snus".
  	Snuff Taking - http://www.snuffbox.org.uk/ Snuffs and Snufftaking: what snuff is, varieites of snuff, where to get snuff, snuffboxes
  	HowdyDave-Snuff - http://www.howdydave.com/snuff.html Information and links related to dry snuff, a.k.a. nasal snuff.
  	Sheffield Exchange - http://www.sheffieldexchange.com/nasal.htm A general introduction to traditional English snuff.

  	Snuff in the Senate - http://www.c-span.org/questions/week148.htm A c-span article about snuff in the US Senate.
  	The Snuff Alliance - http://www.dark.unitz.on.ca/~isuski/nsa.htm An international group dedicate towards the ever growing population of people who chew snuff all over the world.
  	The 7 Rules - http://beerhouse.com/html/7points.html The 7 rules and how to sniff Tobacco!
  	Duke's Copenhagen Page - http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/5465/copenhagen.html A fan page dedicated to Copenhagen snuff.
  	Skoal Fan Site - http://skoal22.tripod.com/skoalinc Pictures, Skoal's Top 10's, and tips.

  	The Roosterboyz Web Site - http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/9349/ A fan site for chewing tobacco.
  	Dip Time - http://dip-time.tripod.com/smokeless Offers information for fans. Features a guide for new dippers, tips, and a top ten list of flavors and brands.

Statistics

• Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Spit (Smokeless) Tobacco and Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF

Children

• Kids and Smoking (Nemours Foundation)
• Smoking Stinks! (Nemours Foundation)
• Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking: Is Smokeless Tobacco Safe? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Teenagers

• Child and Teen Tobacco Use (American Cancer Society)
  Also available in: Spanish
• I Quit: What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Smokeless Tobacco (Nemours Foundation)

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