This resource list contains references to Federal, State, and local government agencies as well as private organizations that offer information resources related to the tobacco objectives of HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000. Because so many States have adopted their own year 2000 objectives, you may wish to contact your State health department for additional information.

Tobacco

LEAD AGENCY:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office on Smoking and Health
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Mailstop K50
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770)488-5709

YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVES

• Reduce coronary heart disease deaths
• Slow the rise in lung cancer deaths
• Slow the rise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths
• Reduce cigarette smoking
• Reduce initiation of cigarette smoking by children and youth
• Increase smoking cessation
• Increase smoking cessation during pregnancy
• Reduce child exposure to tobacco smoke at home
• Reduce smokeless tobacco use
• Establish tobacco use prevention programs in schools
• Increase restrictive smoking policies at worksites
• Enact clean indoor air laws
• Enact and enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors
• Increase States with plans to reduce tobacco use
• Eliminate or restrict tobacco advertising and promotion to youth
• Increase smoking cessation counseling and follow-up by providers
• Reduce oral cavity and pharynx cancers
• Reduce stroke deaths
• Increase average age of first use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana
• Reduce past month substance abuse among young people
• Increase proportion of high school sen-iors who disapprove of substance use
• Increase proportion of high school seniors who associate physical or psychological harm with substance use
• Increase the average tobacco excise tax
• Increase proportion of health plans offering treatment for nicotine addiction
• Reduce the number of States with preemptive clean indoor air laws
• Enact laws banning youth access to cigarette vending machines

Federal and National Inforamtion Sources

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Mailstop K13
Atlanta, GA 30333
(770)488-3534; (770)488-5962 FAX
Plans, directs, and coordinates national programs for the prevention of premature mortality, morbidity, and disability due to chronic illnesses and conditions. Call for electronic product information.

Office on Smoking and Health
Health Communications Branch
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Mailstop K50
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770)488-5705; (770)488-5939 FAX
Conducts public information activities to educate the American public about the health hazards of tobacco use. Develops national public service campaigns about smoking prevention and cessation. Provides publications and reference services.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
(800)35-NIOSH
Provides information on secondhand smoke and other occupational safety and health problems.

Indian Health Service
Communications Office
Parklawn Building, Room 6-35
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301)443-3593; (301)443-0507 FAX
Provides a comprehensive health services delivery system for American Indians and Alaska Natives with many programs operated by tribal governments through contracting and compacting mechanisms. The health delivery system features many special programs. Gathers and publishes information about the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20852
(800)729-6686
Disseminates public education materials and scientific information on alcohol and other drug use, including tobacco.

National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service
Building 31, Room 10A16
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892-3100
(800)4-CANCER; (301)402-2594 FAX
Provides a nationwide telephone service for cancer patients, their families and friends,
the public, and health care professionals. Provides information and disseminates publications. Spanish-speaking staff
members are available.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Education Programs Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301)251-1222; (301)251-1223 FAX
Provides information about NHLBI education programs on high blood pressure,
cholesterol, obesity, asthma, and heart attack. Offers information on cardiovascular disease prevention and heart-health promotion to consumers and professionals. Call for electronic product information.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Office of Research Reporting
Building 31, Room 2A32
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301)496-5133; (301)496-7101 FAX
Conducts and supports basic and clinical research in maternal and child health, the population sciences, and medical rehabilitation research. Responds to inquiries and distributes publications on these topics. Publications list available.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, DC 20013-7337
(800)444-6472; (301)589-0884 FAX
Responds to inquiries about major health problems among minority populations. Assists in locating materials, programs, and technical assistance through an automated Resource Persons Network and materials database.

NATIONAL SOURCES

American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(800)ACS-2345; (404)320-3333
Prepares and distributes materials about the health effects of tobacco use.

American Dental Association
Department of Public Information and Education

211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312)440-2593
Offers print and audiovisual educational materials on oral health topics, including the effects of tobacco use and fluoridation programs. Publications list available.

American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231-4599
(214)373-6300; (800)AHA-USA1
(214)706-1341 FAX
Sponsors research, community programs, and professional education on cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Catalog of materials available.

American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-4374
(212)315-8700; (212)265-5642 FAX
Offers programs about lung disease for adults and children. Provides print and audiovisual materials (some in Spanish) on activities to prevent and control lung hazards and lung diseases, including emphysema, asthma, and tuberculosis.

Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights
2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510)841-3032
Provides information to help organizations and individuals develop clean indoor air ordinances and workplace smoking policies.

Coalition on Smoking OR Health
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20036
(202)452-1184
Provides information on public policy initiatives to reduce tobacco use.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SmokeLess States
College Road East
P.O. Box 2316
Princeton, NJ 08543-2316
(609)452-8701
Provides programmatic information and technical assistance for State tobacco control programs.

Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT)
21 Lyman Street, Suite 210
Springfield, MA 01103
(413)732-STAT
Disseminates information on youth tobacco use and efforts to restrict minors' access to tobacco products.

For General Information on HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000:

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
U.S. Public Health Service, 330 C Street, SW, Room 2132,
Washington, DC 20201; (202)205-8583.

For Healthy People 2000 Publications:

Please write to ODPHP National Health Information Center,
P.O. Box 1133, Washington, DC 20013-1133.

Inclusion in this listing does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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