Tobacco Control Section (TCS) The mission of the Tobacco Control Section is to work toward achieving a tobacco-free California, and to reduce illness and premature deaths attributable to tobacco by implementing programs to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
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PARTNERS Your link to tobacco control in California. (Password protected)
OTIS Online Tobacco Information System. (Password protected)
Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC) The Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC) is funded by the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Tobacco Control Section (TCS) to provide you with a broad array of professional resources and support services. The Clearinghouse is operated for CDHS/TCS by ETR Associates, a national nonprofit health education agency located in Santa Cruz County. (Password protected)
What does TECC offer to TCS-funded projects?
County and Statewide Archive of Tobacco Statistics (C-STATS) The mission of the C-STATS website is to provide access to a wide variety of information, including evaluation resources for local projects, publications, and local information on a broad range of tobacco-related indicators, from behavioral measures to local policies.
California Online Database for Enforcement (CODE)
Strategic Tobacco Retail Effort (STORE)
The STORE Campaign takes a comprehensive approach to the retail environment by bringing pressure to bear upon the problem of both tobacco sales and marketing practices in a united campaign through the collective action of individual communities. Topics in this section include:
CDC/ Office on Smoking and Health, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
This site provides extensive coverage of tobacco education and prevention issues including: 1) quick tobacco information and links; 2) a catalog of CDC/OSH publications; 3) Surgeon General's Reports; 4) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports; 5) Quit guides; 6) material for parents, educators, professional and youth leaders; 7) new citations of recently published literature related to smoking; 8) national, state and local tobacco control data, full-text publications and reports, and the State Tobacco Activities Tracking & Evaluation System searchable database; 9) Celebrities Against Smoking campaigns 10) national campaigns and events links; 11) searchable CDC Smoking and Health database; 12) access to tobacco industry documents; 13) TIPS for Youth; and 14) media campaign resources. The site also maintains press releases and links to other sites.
This Web site provides updates on both the Tobacco Free Initiative and FCTC activities as well as information on World No Tobacco Day, excerpts from speeches, press releases, and numerous full-text WHO, UN and other international agency publications and reports.
TTAC
The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) is dedicated to assisting organizations in building and developing highly effective tobacco control programs. Whether your organization is national, state or community-based, TTAC can assist you.
TOBACCOpedia: The Online Tobacco Enclyclopedia
A searchable Web encyclopedia that provides links to tobacco-related Web sites by general subject categories including: health effects of active smoking; health effects of passive smoking; addiction, pharmacology and chemistry; tobacco industry and supporters; advertising and promotion; litigation and secret documents; arts, history and religion; smoking cessation; smoke-free areas; tobacco control sites; economics; youth and women; packaging and warnings; and the environment. Links are provided to consumer, government, commercial, tobacco industry, health education, clinical, scientific and legal sites, databases, reports, documents and papers.
MEDLINE
This comprehensive medical database contains information for more than 4,500 journals and over 11 million citations. Searching this site can be tricky so make use of the numerous help screens and FAQs. Use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terminology for the best search results. Search results can be displayed, printed, downloaded as text or HTML, and/or sent as email.