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quitsmokinguk.com - Kara Miller's independent Web site offers advice, forums and chat rooms for people who are trying to stop smoking.

ASH - Action on Smoking and Health - 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.

Smoking: Don't give up giving up - Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.

Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit.

Smoke Free Birmingham - A guide to smoke free places in Birmingham, as well as information on how to quit.

Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health - Results of the government commissioned review of tobacco and its effects on Health. Published in 1998.

Smoking Kills - A White Paper on Tobacco - This official document outlines the government strategy to reduce smoking, published in 1998.

QUIT - Practical advice on giving up. Telephone helpline available.

Government Response - Government Response to the Health Select Committee's Second Report on the Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking, published in October 2000

Guardian Unlimited - Special report: Smoking - Collection of Guardian articles on smoking, tobacco, secondhand smoke, politics, public policy.

Rosen Stop Smoking Workshops - A stop smoking programme available to employers and to health clubs.

Smoke-Free Oxfordshire - Group aims to reduce the risk of smoking to the health and welfare of the people in Oxfordshire. Information on smoking, tobacco, quitting, smokefree dining.

Passive Smoking Kills 1000 people a year - At least 1,000 people a year are dying from the effects of passive smoking yet the public enjoys less protection from other people's tobacco smoke than from the chimes of ice-cream vans, the British Medical Association says.

Nicotine Addiction in Britain - Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations.

No Smoking Day - No Smoking Day comes once a year. The web site is available all year round to provide support for quitters and for professionals.

ASH Scotland - Tobacco and smoking fact sheets, statistics, news, projects, policies, and resources.

SmokeFree London - An alliance of agencies working together to improve the health of all Londoners by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco.

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