Health & Wellness
Wellness Programs
Stop Smoking

Anti-smoking organization provides news updates related to tobacco and smoking

Text of the statutes

ATF collects tobacco excise taxes, issues permits, investigates trafficking of contraband tobacco

Fact sheet summarizes provisions of Labor Code Section 6404.5 prohibiting smoking

Discusses the effects of tobacco smoke on children

Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

Respiratory health effects of passive smoking (i.e., secondhand smoke)

Secondhand Smoke (SHS) or Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) fact sheets

Health effects and general recommendations for ventilation

Reviews the health effects of environmental smoke on children

To assist employers in creating a tobacco free policy

Compliance Guidelines for COMAR 09.12.23

Text of 09.12.23 Prohibition on Smoking in an Indoor Place of Employment

Review a Model Ordinance for eliminating smoking in enclosed public facilities

IInformation to help you or someone you care about quit smoking

Smokers helping smokers to quit

Research on community interventions to prevent tobacco use, increase cessation and reduce exposure to second hand smoke

EPA maintains that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and other health threats

Information on secondhand smoke exposure, health effects, and smoke-free initiatives and resources

Sample smoke-free policy in use by a major university

Health effects of smoking while pregnant, breast feeding, etc.

Prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and/or other public spaces

Tobacco cessation handouts, tobacco cessation posters, tobacco cessation presentations and other resources

Facts about tobacco/smoking in the USA

Discussion of workplace rules regarding smoking and state laws

The lower rates of smoking for student athletes may be related to a number of factors

Comprehensive summary information on tobacco use in all 50 states

Quit smoking information for the general public

Full text of Institute of Medicine report on reducing tobacco use in the US population

University of California San Francisco databases on tobacco control

Key initiatives and research findings related to tobacco use and control

Information to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs

Very large number of resources including a smoking and health database

Scientific articles related to tobacco

The US Air Force's policy relating to smoke-free workplaces

Evidence-based data and practical support for the treatment of tobacco dependence

Techniques for treating tobacco use and dependence.

Facts on the health and performance of teenagers who smoke