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We would like to thank and give credit to the following people and organizations for their research and government booklet which was used as the basis for this project:

Cancer.gov

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cessation

Selected References

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2004.

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses–United States, 1997–2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2005; 54(25):625–628.

  3.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006.

  4. National Toxicology Program. Report on Carcinogens. Eleventh Edition. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program, 2005.

  5.  National Cancer Institute. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 10: Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, 1999.

  6.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 1990.

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  8. Doll R, Peto R, Boreham J, Sutherland I. Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years’ observations on male British doctors. British Medical Journal 2004; 328(7455):1519–1527.

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    2004; 6(4):599–614.
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Related NCI materials and Web pages:

  • National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 10.17, The Truth About "Light" Cigarettes: Questions and Answers
     (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/light-cigarettes)
  • National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 10.18, Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers
    (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS)
  • Clearing the Air: Quit Smoking Today
     (http://www.smokefree.gov/pubs/clearing_the_air.pdf)
  • Smoking Home Page
    (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/smoking)
 


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