The following is a list of organizations concerned with tobacco prevention and control that may be able to offer you information, materials, or other assistance in your tobacco prevention, control, and activism efforts.
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1915
Phone: 919-733-1881
Fax: 919-733-0488http://www.tobaccopreventionandcontrol.ncdhhs.gov/
Educational materials; scientific information and statistics; consultation on smoke-free policies; contact with quit smoking resources; contact with local coalitions; quit-smoking contests; training for teachers, youth advocates, media spokespeople, and media advocates.North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Safe Schools Division Education Building
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
Phone: 919-715-2273
Fax: 919-733-2997
Technical assistance for resources and additional curricula on alcohol and other drugs, assistance implementing and developing a school tobacco-use policy.North Carolina Medical Society
P.O. Box 27167
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919-833-3836 or 800-722-1350
Fax: 919-833-2023
Educating physicians and communities about the hazard of tobacco use and about how to help patients quit.North Carolina School Boards Association
P.O. Box 27963
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919-715-4024
Technical assistance for school board members in developing or modifying tobacco-free school policies.NC GASP (Group to Alleviate Smoking Pollution)
P.O. Box 5974
Winston-Salem, NC 27113-5974
Phone: 336-716-6755
ncgasp@hotmail.com
Educational materials and volunteer opportunities to support smoke-free facilities.North Carolina Comprehensive School Health Training Center
Appalachian State University
P.O. Box 32047
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: 828-262-2292
Teacher training in two curriculum-based programs for middle school and junior high school students: Project Towards No Tobacco (TNT) and Life Skills Training (LST).North Carolina Youth Empowerment Study (NC-YES)
1700 Airport Rd, #212
CB# 7426
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 866-UNC-YES1
http://www.hpdp.unc.edu/ncyes/American Cancer Society
11 South Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-834-8463 or 800-ACS-2345
Fax: 919-839-0551
http://www.cancer.org/
Fresh Start program for adult smoking cessation, Great American Smoke-Out, Great American Smoke Scream, educational materials, quit-smoking resources, contact with Tobacco Action Teams, speakers, volunteer opportunities.American Heart Association
North Carolina Affiliate
P.O. Box 27985
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2636
Phone: 919-968-4453 or 800-284-6601
Fax: 919-856-8530
http://www.americanheart.org
Educational materials, quit-smoking resources, volunteer opportunities.American Lung Association of North Carolina
P.O. Box 27985
Raleigh, NC 27985
Phone: 919-832-8326 or 800-LUNG-USA
Fax: 919-856-8530
http://www.lungusa.org
Freedom From Smoking program for smoking cessation, educational materials, quit smoking resources, contact with local offices, volunteer opportunities.Gaston County Cancer Society
220 East Franklin Blvd.
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone: 704-864-1271
Provides ATS classes for the Gaston County LEA high schools. This agency has also developed an educational program for students who use spit tobacco and participate in school sports.Guilford County Project ASSIST
P.O. Box 3508
301 N. Eugene St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: 336-641-6000
http://www.tobaccofreeguilford.org/
Information for quitters, resources for school and community groups, activity suggestions and teaching materials, worksite health promotion guide, information and materials about local tobacco law enforcement and merchant education.The Health Action Council of N.C.
11 S. Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-833-4400
Fax: 919-833-4411
Statewide network for policy advocacy on tobacco and health issues, training on policy advocacy, Smoke-Free Class of 2000 programs.SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office
217 West Jones Street, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-733-9296
Educational Materials and information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, as well as issues such as teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS; technical assistance provided to students organizing SADD chapters.School Nurse Consultants
Schools Taskforce North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control NC Health and Human Resources Division of Children and Youth
P.O. Box 29597
Raleigh, NC 27626-0509
Phone: 919-715-3298
Consultation on issues affecting the health of children in schools.School Resource Officers (SROs)
P.O. Box 21809
Winston-Salem, NC 27120
Phone: 910-748-4100 ext. 3129
Information on enforcement of the laws affecting youth access to tobacco and on conducting activities designed to raise community awareness.Smokefree Class of 2000/TATU
P.O. Box 27624
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919-833-1470 or 888-888-6231
Statewide network for policy advocacy on tobacco and health issues, and training on policy advocacy. Also offered is the TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use) program, the high school version of the Smoke Free Class of 2000 project. Adult facilitators participate in a one-day workshop to learn how to train teens to educate kids ages 9-12 about making healthy lifestyle choices, including being tobacco-free.Survivors and Victims Empowerment Program (SAVE) of NC GASP, Inc.
31 College Place, 13-A
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-236-0110 or 888-8-VOICES
Fax: 828-252-8890
info@tobaccosurvivors.org
http://www.tobaccosurvivors.org
Volunteer and advocacy opportunities for those affected by tobacco-related illnesses (both patients and their loved ones).
National Tobacco Control Resources
Action on Smoking and Health
2013 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 292-659-4310
http://ash.org
Materials on smoking, with emphasis on legal rights of nonsmokers. Website has a teen page with links to other sites of interest to teens and pre-teens.American Cancer Society
National Home Office
1599 Clifton Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 800-ACS-2345
http://www.cancer.org/
Fresh Start program for adult smoking cessation, Great American Smoke-Out, Great American Smoke Scream, educational materials, quit-smoking resources, contact with Tobacco Action Teams, speakers, volunteer opportunities.American Heart Association
National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75231
Phone: 800-AHA-USA1
http://www.americanheart.org
Educational materials, quit-smoking resources, volunteer opportunities.American Legacy Foundation
1001 G Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-454-5555
Fax: 202-454-5599
http://www.americanlegacy.org
Information from the multi-million dollar national tobacco control foundation created with funds from the Master Settlement Agreement with the major tobacco companies. On the website: funding opportunities; information about initiatives for diverse populations, women and smoking during pregnancy; updates on the Truth Campaign.American Lung Association
National Office
1740 Broadway
NY, NY 10019
Phone: 212-315-8700 or 800-LUNG-USA
Fax: 919-856-8530
http://www.lungusa.org
Freedom From Smoking program for smoking cessation, educational materials, quit smoking resources, contact with local offices, volunteer opportunities.Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights Foundation
2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: 510-841-3032
Fax: 510-841-3060
http://www.no-smoke.org/
Teens As Teachers tobacco use prevention training program, in which high schoolers teach elementary students about tobacco, and "How to Butt In: Teens Take Action Guidebook."Cancer Information Services of the Carolinas and Georgia
2020 West Main Street, Suite 201
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 919-286-8537 or 800-4-CANCER
Fax: 919-286-2558
Educational materials, contact with quit-smoking resources, quit-smoking counseling by telephone, information on dangers of smoking and benefits of quitting.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Office of Smoking and Health
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 800-CDC-1311
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Surgeon General's reports, quit tips, tips for kids and teens, publications and educational material, an online catalog, and resources for parents, educators, and youth group leaders.Community Intervention, Inc.
529 South Seventh Street, Suite 570
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 800-328-0417
http://www.youthtobacco.com
Tobacco Education Group (TEG) is an involuntary, discipline-based alternative-to-suspension program for students who have been caught using tobacco at school in violation of a tobacco-free policy. tobacco Awareness Program (TAP) is an eight-session voluntary youth tobacco cessation program. Training seminars include facilitator and participant manuals, and training is provided throughout the country. Call for a free catalog or for training.Doctors Ought to Care (DOC)
5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 440
Houston, TX 77005
Phone: 713-528-1487
http://www.kickbutt.org
DOC offers positive health strategies for the clinic, classroom, and community, using nontraditional videotapes and slide presentations and innovative curricula.Girls Incorporated National Headquarters
120 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 212-509-2000
Fax: 212-509-8708
http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/page.php?id=1.2.4
Girls Incorporated's Friendly PEERsuasion program approaches drug abuse prevention as a peer issue, using the positive influence of young people modeling healthy behavior.Massachusetts Tobacco Education Clearinghouse
JSI Research & Training
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210-1211
Phone: 617-482-9485
mtec@jsi.com
Houses approximately fifty tobacco-related curricula for students of all ages. Publishes a catalog of the curricula available through its reference collection.National Cancer Institute
Building 31, Room 10A24
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 800-4-CANCER
http://www.nci.nih.gov
Cancer information on tobacco health, help for quitting tobacco use; excellent information on spit tobacco.National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids/Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
1707 L Street NW, Ste 800
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800-284-KIDS
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
The "Unfiltered Facts" about tobacco use by young people in each of the 50 states. They offer news, background information, and fact sheets, including one on smokeless tobacco use.National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847
Phone: 301-468-2600 or 800-729-6686
http://www.health.org
"Monitoring the Future" study press releases as well as various other publications are accessible through the website.National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 800-729-6686
http://www.nida.nih.gov
Information on Drug Abuse. NIDA's "Capsules" are fact sheets, which summarize each drug's issues for the press and the public.Oregon Research Institute
Herbert H. Severson, Ph.D., Research Scientist
1715 Franklin Blvd.
Eugene, OR 94703
Phone: 541-484-2123
Fax: 541-484-1108
herb@ori.org
Materials and information including curricula for grades k-12 on tobacco and other drugs, conducts trainings-of-trainers in all of these curricula.Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education
Colorado Prevention Resource Center and Lending Library
7525 West Tenth Avenue
Lakewod, CO 80215
Phone: 303-239-6494 or 800-251-4722
http://www.rmc.org
Education materials and information including curricula for grades K-12 on tobacco and other drugs, conducts training-of-trainers in all of these curricula.SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Box 800
Marlboro, MA 01752
Phone: 800-787-5777
Fax: 508-481-5759
http://www.saddonline.com
Educational Materials and information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, as well as issues such as teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS; technical assistance provided to students organizing SADD chapters.Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT)
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue, 241 Cushing Hall
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-373-7828
Fax: 617-369-0130
http://www.stat.org
A national organization that works to include youth as full parenters in tobacco control issues. They publish a resource guide to tobacco related materials and curricula. Also available is SQUAD, a youth and facilitator curriculum and activity guide to foster youth leadership skills.Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California/ETR Associates
P.O. Box 1830
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1830
Phone: 831-438-4822
http://www.etr.org
A catalog of tobacco education materials is available at the website.
About Face
P.O. Box 77665
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415-436-0212
http://www.about-face.orgAdbusters Media Foundation
1243 West 7th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6H 1B7
Phone: 604-736-9401
http://www.adbusters.orgAmerican Academy of Pediatrics: Committee on Communications
610 13th Street NW, Ste 400 North
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-393-6137
http://www.aap.org/visit/cmte11.htmCenter for Media Literacy
4727 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 403
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 323-931-4177
http://www.medialit.orgChildren and the Media Program
c/o Children Now
1212 Broadway, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-763-2444
Fax: 510-763-1974Citizens for Media Literacy
34 Wall Street, Ste 407
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-255-0182
http://www.main.nc.us/cmlJust Think Foundation
80 Libertyship Way, Ste 1
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone: 415-289-0122
http://www.justthink.orgNew Mexico Media Literacy Project
6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: 505-828-3264Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.
http://www.medialiteracy.net
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