Commonly-Used Links
This page contains links to what we think are the more common resources and organizations that cover smoke-free issues.
You can see more comprehensive listings of links to resources, publications, and organizations grouped by topic on the other pages listed in this section.
National Organizations and Initiatives
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke (KIISS)
- Smoke-free Implementation Handbook (for restaurants and bars).
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC)
Tobacco Control Network (TCN)
View a fuller list of national organizations
State and Local Organizations and Initiatives
The following sites provide a wealth of samples, templates and other resources, including brochures and fact sheets in dozens of languages, media materials, enforcement materials and forms, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), evaluation, and economic impact.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (State initiatives)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Jersey Implementation Campaign
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Philadelphia Implementation Campaign
Smoke-free Illinois/American Lung Association of Illinois
New York State Department of Health
- New York State Department of Health Clean Indoor Air Act resources
- New York's Implementation Tool Kit, Presentation by Ursula Bauer, New York Department of Health, to the OSH Media Network, September 19, 2003
New York City Bureau of Tobacco Control
Rhode Island Health Department
Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
Washington State Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
View a fuller list of state organizations
Economic Impact
Economic Impact of Smoke-free Ordinances: An Overview (Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights)
Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Businesses at Restaurants and Bars (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)
Smoke-free Colorado: Economic impact brochure in English and Spanish
TobaccoScam Economics Resource Library, University of California, San Francisco
View a fuller list of economic impact issue resources
Advertising, Media Advocacy and Public Relations
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Smoke-free advertisements (including implementation advertising page) from 26 states (Hosted by Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights)
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Smoke-free Colorado Media Resources
View a fuller list of advertising, media advocacy, and public relations resources
Legal Issues
Legal Issues resources (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
Legal Challenges to Smokefree Indoor Air Ordinances (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
New Data from Florida and Montgomery County, MD, Add to Evidence that Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Hurt Business (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
Tobacco Law Center, William Mitchell College of Law
Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC)
Evaluation
Economic Impact of Smoke-free Policies on Restaurants and Bars (Presentation delivered Andrew Hyland, Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
Smoking and Tobacco Use: Secondhand Smoke (Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control)
Economic Impact Research (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
Tobacco Industry
What to Expect from the Tobacco Industry, May 2006 (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
Economic Impact Research (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
TobaccoScam, University of California, San Francisco
