Untitled Document Home - About the Consortium - Wyoming Cancer Control Plan - Contact the Consortium - Annual Cancer Conference
 
  Untitled Document

Tobacco

The following information provides evidence-based research and resources on Tobacco
at the click of a button.

 
For a list of Tobacco Prevention Specialist in your area please click here

Wyoming Quit Tobacco Program provides low-cost cessation medications, counseling, and education to people who are ready to quit smoking or spit tobacco. Please click on the above logo for more inforamtion.

Wyoming Tobacco Usage and Cancer Trends

  • National Cancer Institute Chart that describes death rate/ trends comparison by state/county, death years through 2003 Wyoming versus United States. Click Here
  • National Cancer Institute: Graphical and Chart analysis of historical mortality trends in the past (25 years), 5-Year rate changes in Mortality, and Incidence Rates. Click here
  • Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center: Report regarding adult tobacco use rates (2004) Click Here
  • Wyoming Survey Analysis Center: Report about youth tobacco rates (2004). Click Here
  • Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center: Tobacco prevention and control evaluation information. Useful links to reports, fact sheets, Wyoming tobacco indicators, Wyoming resources, tobacco resources, and much more. Click Here

Wyoming BRFSS Interactive Data Tables

Several adult tobacco use and smoking policy indicators with demographic breakdowns, trends, county estimates, and race/ethnicity estimates. Click here 

Prevention

  • Whyquit.com: Smoking Cessation Education and Information. Click Here
  • Nicotine Anonymous: On-line Nicotine Cessation Support. Click Here
  • QuitNet: On-line smoking cessation resource. Click Here
  • Quit Smokeless Tobacco: On-line Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program. Click Here
  • Kill the Can: On-line Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program. Click Here

General Tobacco Information

  • American Cancer Society: Tobacco and Cancer links and information on various associated topics. Includes information on how to kick the habit, what's so bad about tobacco, ACS News center, local smokeout resources. Click Here
  • Centers for Disease Control: Smoking and Tobacco Use. Click Here
  • National Cancer Institute: Tobacco Control Research. Click Here

Health Topics

  • Health People 2010: Objectives of this action initiative regarding tobacco use. Click Here

Second-Hand Smoke

  • Medline Plus: Provides a variety of links and resources on secondhand smoke and the latest news from credible sources such as the National Institutes of Health Click Here
  • National Cancer Institute: Question and Answer Sheet about Secondhand Smoke. Includes information on chemicals present in secondhand smoke, health effects, what is being done to reduce exposure, and links. Click Here
  • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Adobe format of the report "Ventilation Technology Does Not Protect People from Secondhand Smoke." Click Here
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Surgeon General Report on The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (2006). Click Here

Lung Cancer

  • National Cancer Institute: Chart describing rate/trend comparison by cancer, death years through 2003 Wyoming Counties versus United States. Click Here
  • Lung Cancer Alliance: Information about lung cancer including: non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, screening, and questions to ask your medical team. Click Here
  • Cancer Care: Cancer Care counseling provides FREE, PROFESSIONAL plan to help patients. It offers online, on the phone, and face-to-face counseling specific to cancer type and also for caregivers. Click Here

Smoking

  • National Cancer Institute: The truth about "light" cigarettes presented in a question and answer format. Click Here
  • National Cancer Institute: Information about cigar smoking and cancer presented in a question and answer format. Click Here
  • Smokefree.gov: Information to assist YOU in quitting smoking, and includes online guide to quitting, a step by stamp method, a talk with an expert link, and a support telephone network. Click Here

Demographics and Tobacco Usage Trends

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Up to date (2006) information about demographics of tobacco trends, the burden of tobacco use, funding for prevention, and future directions of the CDC priorities regarding tobacco. Click Here
  • Office of Applied Studies: National Survey on Drug Use and health and the results about the use of tobacco products. Click Here
  • National Cancer Institute: State Cancer Profiles that allow you to generate interactive graphs and maps to visualize data concerning cancer mortality and incidence for all major cancers. Click Here

Smokeless Tobacco & Oral Cancer

    • MedlinePlus: Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco.Medical Encyclopedia of smoking and smokeless tobacco. Contains Illustrations, Information and References (links) Click Here
    • National Cancer Institute: Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers Click Here
    • Nation Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research: Informational article "Spitting into the Wind: The Facts About Dip." Click Here