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Links Please visit the following web-sites for further information on tobacco issues: UK Action on Smoking and Health (ASH UK) - a mine of information on all tobacco issues and up-to-date UK news on smoking, health and the tobacco industry. Go Smoke Free - the Department of Health's stop smoking website with information on how to quit successfully, a local NHS Stop Smoking Service finder and the effects of secondhand smoke. Smoke Free England - Information and updates on the forthcoming smoke free law (coming into force on 1st July 2007) Department of Health - information on the UK Government's tobacco policies, recent reports and news of current public consultations. No Smoking Day - official website of the No Smoking Day charity, for smokers who want to stop smoking. the campaign has relevance all year round but reaches a peak the second Wednesday in March every year. Cancer Research UK - Cancer Research UK is the largest volunteer-supported cancer research organisation in the world. Formed by the merger of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and the Cancer Research Campaign in February 2002, their vision is to conquer cancer through world-class research. With a dedicated team of 3,000 scientists, doctors and nurses and an annual scientific spend of more than £176 million raised almost entirely through public donations, they are working to cure cancer patients faster. British Medical Association - recent news and information on tobacco and other health issues. Asian QUIT - specialist stop smoking support and information for minority ethnic communities Stonewall: Section on Smoking - specific information for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals on smoking. Quit - QUIT is the independent charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop. Smokers wanting to QUIT please call 0800 00 22 00 Globalink - The International Tobacco Control Community. GLOBALink provides Tobacco News, Tobacco Directory, Smoking Cessation, News and Information, News Bulletins British Heart Foundation - The British Heart Foundation is a major national charity which plays a leading role in the fight against heart and circulatory disease, the UK's biggest killer. It is the largest independent funder of heart research in this country. The Foundation also plays an important role in education, both of the public and of health professionals, and in providing life-saving cardiac equipment and supporting rehabilitation and patient care. Bedfont - Established in 1976, Bedfont Scientific Limited specialises in the manufacture of exhaled breath and gas monitoring instruments for medical, scientific and industrial markets throughout the world. Applications include use in smoking cessation programmes, fractional nitric oxide detection to provide accurate analysis of airway inflammation, to aid the detection of gastrointestinal disorders, use by emergency units in the detection of carbon monoxide poisoning, and a medical gas delivery system used in inhaled nitric oxide therapy for hypoxic neonates and pulmonary hypertension. UKNSCC - UK National Smoking Cessation Conference is the world's largest gathering of stop smoking practitioners, policy makers and researchers.Presentations, workshops and debates cover all aspects of the policy and practice of helping smokers to stop. The conference is the leading forum for discussion of evidence based service delivery and community innovations.All patient groups are covered, including pregnant smokers, young people, those with mental health problems, in secure environments, and hard to reach groups. Treatment modalities are also comprehensively addressed with presentations describing the state of the art on new medications, forthcoming treatments (like the nicotine vaccine), as well as researchers and practitioners presenting the latest on optimising existing treatments that are known to be effective, such as Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), with results of work looking at combining products and ‘pre-loading’ prior to quitting.Coventry and Warwickshire Cardiac Network - Coventry and Warwickshire Cardiac Network is one of 32 cardiac networks in England with a remit to assist and provide local CVD services with practical service improvement knowledge and expertise. The Cochrane Collaboration - Improving healthcare decision-making globally, through systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, published in The Cochrane Library. Education for Health - The UK’s leading education charity for health professionals working with patients with long term conditions. It aims to provide a consistent, comprehensive and innovative approach to professional health training across the fields of cardiovascular disease, allergic conditions, diabetes and respiratory health, with the ultimate objective of transforming lives worldwide. Educational programmes are run nationally and internationally and are accredited by the Open University. Smoke Free West Midlands - Advice and useful tips on how to make your home smokefree and contact points for booking a home fire safety check. The Smoking Cessation Service Research Network (SCSRN) - is a co-operative of UK Smoking Cessation Services who are interested in being involved in research to develop their own performance and determine best practice nationally. Its aim is to facilitate high quality research that will improve clinical practice. It arises from the observation that many of the services are carrying out, or wish to carry out, research to evaluate and improve their practice but in many cases lack the capacity to complete and disseminate it. The SCSRN is being coordinated by the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London. The cooperative is open to any service with a commitment to delivering a high quality service and rigorous collection of information necessary to determine effectiveness. Involvement in research can be as little or as much as each service wishes. The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation - the only charity in the UK wholly dedicated to defeating lung cancer. They fund unique research into the early detection of lung cancer, health promotion and lung cancer patient care. QUITEX - a new interactive website called QUITEX. QUITEX provides information and helps smokers choose between the different options that are available to help them quit. International Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) - information on the first World Health Organisation international public health treaty aiming to reduce the global burden of tobacco. International Non-Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco (INGCAT) - INGCAT’s main role is to help its members plan and deliver effective tobacco control policies and progammes through networking and coalition building. Tobacco Control: An International Journal - An international peer review journal for health professionals and others in tobacco control Treatobacco - Treatobacco.net is an essential resource for those working on the treatment of tobacco dependence throughout the world. It presents authoritative evidence-based information about the treatment of tobacco dependence.
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