TOBACCO PREVENTION

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related link: Tobacco Prevention Program The mission of the Tobacco Prevention program is to prevent tobacco use, addiction, and exposure to second hand smoke.

• AHRQ Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
  Resources including pocket guides, tool kits, guidelines, and quick reference guides for healthcare providers serving tobacco dependent individuals.
  
  
• ASTHO Tobacco Prevention and Control Project
  Raises the visibility of tobacco prevention and control issues among State Health Officials and their senior staff.
  
  
• American Legacy Foundation
  Develops national programs that address the health effects of tobacco use through grants, technical training and assistance, youth activism, strategic partnerships, counter-marketing and grass roots marketing campaigns, public relations, research and community outreach to populations disproportionately affected by the toll of tobacco.
  
  
• American Lung Association: Tobacco Control
  Information on the Smokefree Air 2010 Challenge, tobacco control legislation, and targeted populations resources.
  
  
• DOH Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
  Washington State Department of Health’s tobacco prevention and control program provides Washington specific information as well as a directory to other state programs.
  
  
• CDC Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
  Coordinates strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation among youth and adults, protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eliminating tobacco-related health disparities.
  
  
• Smokefree.gov
  Includes an online step-by-step cessation guide, a directory of local, state and national telephone quitlines, the NCI's instant messaging service, and publications, which may be downloaded, printed, or ordered.
  
  
• Tobacco Free Kids
  Includes information on state, federal, and global initiatives, special reports, and research and fact sheets. The Tobacco Ad Gallery is particularly revealing.

TUBERCULOSIS

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related link: Tuberculosis Clinic Includes common questions about TB, BCG vaccine facts, and Annual Reports on TB in King County.

• American Lung Association: Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
  A health consumer oriented fact sheet on MDR Tuberculosis.
  
  
• CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
  A gateway to TB guidelines, surveillance data, education and training materials, and related websites.
  
  
• International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  The Union’s mission is the prevention and control of tuberculosis and lung disease, as well as related health problems, on a world wide basis, with a particular emphasis on low income countries.
  
  
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis
  The NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Tuberculosis website.
  
  
• National Tuberculosis Center
  A source of educational and training materials, downloadable brochures, and additional tuberculosis links.
  
  
• TB Education and Training Resources
  Tuberculosis education and training resources from the CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor: Safety and Health Topics—Tuberculosis
  
  
• WHO Drug and Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
  Provides resources on the management and surveillance of this major public health problem.

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