This list, prepared by the College Resource Center librarians from other sources, is provided for information only. Referral to these sites does not imply the endorsement of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of either the organization or their contents, expressed views, programs, or political activities. Further, the College does not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available from these organizations or on these websites. This list is not meant to be comprehensive. The exclusion of a site does not reflect the quality of that site. Please note that sites and URLs are subject to change without warning. Mash/Mlp/pvh, last revised 3/15/2011
Federal Government:
Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
This site provides a variety of smoking cessation evidence-based tools for consumers and health care professionals. New evidence-based guidelines were issued in 2008.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Broad access to smoking and smoking cessation information is available through the main CDC site by using the A-Z index and selecting smoking topics, including smoking & pregnancy or smoking & women.
Smokefree.gov
Smokefree.gov, a joint project of the CDC, NCI, and the American Cancer Society, is intended to help smokers quit smoking. The website offers various methods for smoking cessation, including quitlines and publications. Select For Health Professionals to link to a variety of federal government resources, including smoking cessation software for hand-held computers.
Smoking and Tobacco Use
This CDC site is for anyone looking for government information on tobacco and the prevention of smoking. It has great statistical graphs and charts from various sources, including NCHS. Bibliographies and articles from MMWR and other CDC publications can be downloaded.
Tobacco Use and Pregnancy (CDC Office of Reproductive Health)
This site provides statistics and information on the risks of smoking during pregnancy and secondhand smoke for pregnant women and infants and provides resources for women and providers.
2001 Surgeon General’s Report: Women and Smoking
2010 Surgeon General’s Report: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tobacco Products
Created out of 2009 legislation on the regulation of tobacco products by the FDA, this site offers resources, news events and public dockets for comment.
MedlinePlus
This NLM-sponsored site is an excellent resource for high-quality consumer information.
MedlinePlus Quitting Smoking
This site provides access to a wide variety of resources on smoking cessation from federal agencies and professional societies. Related topics include smoking and secondhand smoke.
MedlinePlus Smokeless Tobacco
This MEDLINEPlus site links to a variety of high quality federal and non-federal resources on smokeless tobacco use and cessation.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
The NCI website offers information for patients and providers on tobacco control research and smoking cessation strategies including information and access to the smoker’s quitline.
Smoking & How to Quit (National Women’s Health Information Center - NWHIC)
This NWHIC website offers smoking cessation information resources and information specifically directed towards women.
Women.Smokefree.gov
Women.Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking and is designed to try to provide information about topics that are often important to women.
Non-Government Organizations:
American Cancer Society (ACS)
Great American Smokeout
This ACS-sponsored site provides information on the Great American Smokeout. Tips are provided on how to quit.
Tobacco and Cancer
This site within the ACS is specifically on Tobacco and Cancer. Extensive information covers the harmful effects of tobacco and tips for quitting.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The College Tobacco, Alcohol , and Substance Abuse site, under Women’s Issues, separates smoking cessation resources for patients and for providers. Each section provides information on College smoking cessation resources, resources from other sources, and links to other organizations.
American Heart Association (AHA)
This AHA Quit Smoking site offers patient-oriented resources on smoking risks and smoking cessation. Alternatively use the AHA search engine on the main AHA page (www.heart.org), and click on the titles in your results to retrieve the fulltext of documents.
American Lung Association (ALA)
The ALA site has excellent resources on smoking and smoking cessation. Select “Stop Smoking,” then select “How to Quit Smoking.”
American Medical Association (AMA)
Use “search” to get a list of publications, then select titles to view the text. Most of the information is from AMA publications such as JAMA, but the site also includes other journals, AMA policies and programs, and news stories.
AMA Healthier Life Steps™
This AMA program offers tools to support a physician-patient partnership that promotes physical activity, healthy eating, smoking cessation, and reduced risky drinking.
Becomeanex.org
This website, sponsored by a coalition of national and state level organizations, offers practical tips on how to quit smoking, including a personalized online plan.
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)
CTFK is a national advocacy and research organization focused on reducing the impact of smoking and second hand smoke on health, particularly family health. The Research Center Factsheets include several with cost data.
FamilyDoctor.org (American Academy of Family Physicians -AAFP)
Select Quitting Smoking from the Healthy Living Section, select smoking topics from Conditions A to Z, or use the search box to find smoking cessation resources on this AAFP website.
Tar Wars (AAFP)
Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program for children from the AAFP.
March of Dimes Foundation (MOD)
Use the search function to find materials and initiatives on smoking and smoking cessation and pregnancy.
National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (NTCC)
The NTCC, formed in June 2005 to improve the public's health by increasing successful cessation among tobacco users through collaborative efforts of committed organizations. The NTCC has created a microsite for consumer and health professional materials developed through the National Partnership for Smoke Free Families, including pregnancy-specific protocols to prevent postpartum relapse to smoking.
International Organizations:
International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT)
INWAT collects and distributes information on global issues on women and smoking, as well as supporting the development of women-centered tobacco use prevention and cessation programs. The INWAT site provides convenient access to women-centered smoking resources from around the world.
North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC)
NAQC is an international organization that promotes evidence based smoking cessation services to all US states and Canadian provinces. This site has information about quitlines in general and information about each state quitline.
Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
The TFI is the World Health Organization’s response to the world-wide tobacco epidemic by reducing the global burden of disease and death caused by tobacco. Information on and status of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is on this site.
Treatobacco.net
Treatobacco.net, designed for those working on the treatment of tobacco dependence throughout the world, presents authoritative evidence-based information about the treatment of tobacco dependence.