Section III: Resources and Information on Tobacco Cessation Programs

• Federal Government Organizations
• Other Organizations
• Resources

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Federal Government Organizations

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality(AHRQ)
Public Health Service
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 427-1364
www.ahrq.gov
1-800-358-9295 (to request materials on all AHRQ Smoking Cessation Guidelines)

AHRQ is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research, clinical guideline development, and technology assessment bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers.

Office on Smoking and Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mail Stop K-50, 4770 Buford Highway, NE   Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770) 488-5705
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
1-800-CDC-1311

The Office on Smoking and Health serves as the Federal focal point for activities on smoking and health and as the national and world center for scientific and technical information. The Office produces the Surgeon General's annual report related to smoking and health, and carries out a public education and a tobacco epidemiology program.

Regulations Management Division
Office of Real Property Management
General Services Administration (GSA)
18th and F Streets, N.W., Rm. 6203
Washington, DC 20405
(202) 501-1737
http://www.gsa.gov/realpropertypolicy

The GSA Office of Real Property is responsible for regulations on smoking in GSA-controlled Federal buildings and facilities. Each Federal agency head is responsible for implementing and enforcing the GSA regulations and establishing designated smoking areas.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street, N.W., Rm. 7H24
Washington, DC 20415
(202) 606-1858
Email: ehs@opm.gov

OPM is responsible for Federal employee health and assistance-related personnel policy guidance and technical assistance.

Cancer Information Service (CIS)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
31 Center Drive MSC2580
Building 31, Room 10A31
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
1-800-332-8615 - TTY
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov

The Cancer Information Service provides information on cancer to patients and their families, health professionals, and the general public. The CIS is a resource for state and regional organizations by providing expertise in program planning, use of NCI materials, media relations, networking and coalition building.

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Other Organizations

American Cancer Society (ACS)

National Headquarters
1599 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta , GA 30329-4251
(404) 320-3333 or call the local number listed in the telephone directory.
www.cancer.org

The ACS is dedicated to eliminating cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. ACS offers the "Fresh Start" program designed to help participants stop smoking. The program offers a variety of brochures, videos and other resources on smoking cessation. The information on tobacco cessation counseling can be found on the ACS website by typing in “cancer AND counseling” in the search box located in the upper right corner of the home page.

American Heart Association (AHA)

National Center
7320 Greenville Avenue
Dallas , TX 75231
(214) 750-5300 or call the local number listed in the telephone directory
www.americanheart.org/

AHA provides research support, public and professional education, and community programs in the fight against cardiovascular diseases and stroke. AHA also offers The Heart At Work health promotion program, including a module on smoking cessation. The program can be implemented with program support provided by a local AHA representative.

American Lung Association ( ALA )

Headquarters
61 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
(212) 315-8700 or call the local number listed in the telephone directory.
www.lungusa.org

The ALA supports research and other efforts to better understand why smokers are addicted and how to help them. Programs include a stop-smoking program, Freedom From Smoking, which is also available online as well as self-help options including guidebooks, videotapes and audiotapes.

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Resources

Employers' Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical Approaches to a Costly Workplace Problem , a guide published by the Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT) consortium for large and small employers interested in enacting an affordable, effective smoking cessation program, is available at http://www.endsmoking.org.

Make Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decisionmaker's Guide provides information on the costs of tobacco use to employers. The entire guide or selected chapters are available in PDF format at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/environmental/etsguide.htm.

Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) sponsored by CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, provides a comprehensive array of information and resources, including publications on stopping the use of tobacco. This site is available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco.