Resource Center: tobacco

Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. It accounts for more than 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths. Cigarette smokers have a higher risk of developing several chronic disorders. These include fatty buildups in arteries, several types of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (lung problems). Atherosclerosis (buildup of fatty substances in the arteries) is a chief contributor to the high number of deaths from smoking. Many studies detail the evidence that cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease, which leads to heart attack. (From Their Website)

A list of articles from the American Cancer Society

Tobacco use assessment form reproduced with modifications from Glynn and Manley, 1998.

Smokefree.gov (http://www.smokefree.gov) provides free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs of people trying to quit smoking.

From "Smoking Cessation with Mid-Life and Older Patients," a CME course by University of Rochester Smoking Research Program & The American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network

From the American Academy of Family Physicians

Smoking cessation drugs are medicines that help people stop smoking cigarettes or using other forms of tobacco. (From Their Website)

Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General -- 2001

QuitMeter interactive tool

Independent, authoritative information on the treatment of tobacco dependence (From Their Website)