The Tobacco Dependence Program (TDP) is dedicated to reducing the harm to health caused by tobacco use. The TDP particularly aims to provide expertise on quitting smoking for those who need it most.
We do this through education, treatment, research and advocacy.
 

Links

UMDNJ The School of Public Health
sph.umdnj.edu

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
rwjms.umdnj.edu

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
cinj.org
 
 

Tobacco Use Information

Tobacco.org
www.tobacco.org
National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Search for tobacco under "drugs of abuse" to obtain tobacco info.
ncadi.samhsa.gov
Get Outraged!
Massachusettes Department of Public Health. Contains smoking facts and information, secrets from big tobacco and a memorial to people who died from a tobacco caused illness.
www.getoutraged.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD)
www.attud.org
 
Nicotine Anonymous
Contains Nic-A-Literature, also nationwide meeting lists.
www.nicotine-anonymous.org
CHOICES
A program targeting smokers with mental illness in NJ.
www.njchoices.org
American Lung Association
Contains NRT Fact Sheet and other resources. Not on Tobacco (NOT) curriculum information (youth stop smoking program) available. Also contains the US Surgeon General's Tobacco Cessation Guidelines, along with a "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence" fact sheet.
www.lungusa.org
Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT)
An independent consortium of leaders in the treatment of tobacco dependence whose mission is to lower barriers to broader utilization of cessation therapy through education and advocacy.
www.endsmoking.org
Centers for Disease Control
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) Online quit smoking booklets available for adults and teens. Can be printed out.
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
American Psychiatric Association
"Criteria for Short-Term Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Illness" available on-line. Can search website for information on nicotine dependence in relation to psychiatric disorders.
www.psych.org
Surgeon General
"Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence-Clinical Practice Guideline" available online in PDF file. Also contains findings about the latest counseling techniques and drugs for treating tobacco use and dependence.
www.surgeongeneral.gov
Tobacco Dependence Clinic
UMDNJ-School of Public Health Tobacco Dependence Clinic. Contains information about services available at the New Brunswick clinic.
www.tobaccoclinic.org

Nicotine Dependence Center-Mayo Clinic
Information about the NDC and quit smoking info.
www.mayoclinic.org/ndc-rst

ALA-NJ Regional Contact Information
www.lungusa.org/newjersey
Treatobacco.net
a source of evidence-based data and practical support for the treatment of tobacco dependence. It is aimed at physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, psychologists, researchers, policy makers, regulators and anyone interested in the personal and public health issues connected with tobacco use around the world
www.treatobacco.net


Tobacco Control and Advocacy

 
Advocacy Center at ISC
Tobacco control publications available.
www.iscvt.org
Action on Smoking and Health
Current smoking news and information.
www.ash.org

American Nonsmoker's Rights Foundation
Tobacco control and advocacy website.
www.no-smoke.org

Smokefree.net
Tobacco control advocacy and mailing lists.
www.smokefree.net

Strike Back Against Tobacco
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network www.acscan.org/action/nj/campaigns/tobacco

Badvertising Country
Anti-tobacco advertisements, spoofs on big tobacco's ads. Can be printed out.
www.badvertising.org
Smokefree Movies
Identifies the tobacco industries actions in getting their products into movies. Provides info on how Hollywood interacts with big tobacco.
www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu

New Jersey GASP
Group Against Smoking Pollution. A not for profit, educational organization that deals with policy and advocacy.
www.njgasp.org

NCADD New Jersey
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence promotes the prevention and treatment of, and recovery from, alcoholism and drug addiction through advocacy and education.
www.ncaddnj.org

Trinkets & Trash
The online surveillance system and archive of tobacco
products and tobacco industry marketing materials.
www.trinketsandtrash.org

 

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Youth issues regarding tobacco. Tobacco ads available. Contains search engine.
www.tobaccofreekids.org

The Truth
www.thetruth.com
On Kicking Nicotine
Website geared to teens quitting smoing. Password: KickNic
www.onkickingnicotine.com
 
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