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TURN - Tobacco Use Recovery Now
Colorado Resources
| Alcoholics Anonymous Smoke-Free Meetings |
| Smoke Free AA |
Over 600 Denver area smoke-free meetings. At this website clients can search for specific meeting types, such as gay/lesbian, Spanish-speaking, specific locations, etc.
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| Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative |
| CCGC Tobacco |
Cessation guidelines, quit tips, fact sheets, youth use.
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| Colorado QuitLine |
| QuitLine |
Offers support, resources, chat rooms, free counseling and access to free nicotine replacement patches, which take about two weeks for delivery.
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| SmokefreeGLBT |
| SmokefreeGLBT |
Tobacco help for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgendered communities of Colorado: fact sheets, quit tips, self-assessment tools, advice for supporting others’ quit attempt, links to GLBT web sites.
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| STEPP - State Tobacco Prevention Education and Prevention Partnership |
| STEPP |
303.692.2510
Provides info, resources, and links to four major topics: Cessation, Youth & Young Adults, Secondhand Smoke, and Disparities (Groups disporportionately effected by tobacco such as Latinos, African-Americans, and individuals being treated for substance use or mental health disorders). Has free posters and other resources materials related to tobacco control.
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National Resource
| Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England |
| ATTC of New England |
| Offers an online course on tobacco cessation for SA populations designed to provide treatment professionals with clinical tools to help clients quit tobacco use. |
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| American Cancer Society |
| ACS |
1-800-ACS-2345
Facts and statistics about effects of tobacco use and quitting; advocacy; support.
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| American Legacy Foundation's Great Start |
| Legacy Foundation |
1-866-66-START.
Supports programs to help individuals quit smoking. A Quitline for pregnant smokers.
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| American Lung Association |
| ALA |
1-800-LUNG-USA
Facts and statistics about effects of tobacco use and quitting.
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDC |
| Prevention, cessation, secondhand smoke, health disparities. Secondhand smoke: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/Factsheets/SecondhandSmoke.htm |
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| National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention |
| Latino Council |
Research, advocacy, policy analysis, community education, training and info specifically for the Latino community; includes a clearinghouse of materials and a section on FAQs.
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| National LGBT Tobacco Control Network |
| LGBT Tobacco Control |
1-617-927-6451.
Resources, links, quit help, outreach, and facts for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered tobacco users, including advice for non-users who want to help. Useful links to other LGBT web sites.
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| National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit |
| Pregnant Smokers |
Smoking cessation methods and education about health issues related to pregnancy and smoking. Postpartum relapse prevention strategies; policy issues; help for pregnant women and families.
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| SmokeFree.gov |
| Smoke Free |
Provides cessation tools and links to cessation support and tobacco use education. Has a nice link to clinical trials on smoking cessation that are currently running.
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| Office of the Surgeon General Web Site |
| Surgeon General |
Tobacco Cessation Resource page with great links for clients and clinicians, including supportive materials, pocket cards, fact sheets, and a variety of clinical guidelines for treating tobacco dependence, including special populations and Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians. Good materials in Spanish.
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| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAMSHA |
Offers national statistics on tobacco use in the U.S.
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Youth Web Sites
| An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid |
| Tobacco Ads for Youth |
Describes the tobacco ads one boy sees in a day. Reveals how the tobacco advertisers surround kids with advertisements.
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| Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids |
| Tobacco Free Kids |
Initiatives, info, special reports, tobacco ad gallery. Sponsors Kick Butts Day (http://kickbuttsday.org/), an annual celebration of youth advocacy, leadership and activism.
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| Get R!eal Colorado |
| Get R!eal |
Colorado’s youth movement against the tobacco industry. Facts, actions, politics.
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| Girls Incorporated |
| Girls Inc |
Youth organization serving low-income minority girls. "Friendly PEERsuasion" program helps girls avoid drugs & alcohol. See web section Strong Girls/Know your body/Up in smoke.
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| iEmily |
| iEmily |
Girls learn about issues that affect body, mind and spirit. Watch videos, take surveys, ask for medical advice, and chat with other girls. See Sex, Body, & Health/Smoking: Crush the Butts.
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| No To Tobacco |
| Nototobacco |
Research questions, current news and web sites related to tobacco prevention for youth.
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| Own Your C |
| Own Your C |
Colorado site designed to help youth aged 13-24 “own your choice” and deal with consequences. Interactive: “Fix-Nixer” to help quit, chat rooms, contests, downloads, and tobacco facts. See also
www.quitdoingit.com aimed at 18-24 year olds.
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| FixNixer |
| FixNixer |
| The FixNixer is the free, anonymous and customized program that puts you in control of your quit plan and helps you quit smoking or chewing tobacco in just 21 days. With a little input from you, the FixNixer will create a personalized program that carves out your best path to quitting and gives you all the support you need to get there, including tips and tools that help you get ready for your quit date, a community forum, your own online QuitBlog, and even personalized text messages that help you stay strong when you’re feeling the urge to give up. |
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| Infect Truth |
| Truth |
Interactive site for teens to play action games and win prizes while learning about tobacco use.
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| Tar Wars |
| TarWars |
Innovative and fun program that teaches fifth graders about the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use and how to think critically about tobacco advertising.
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