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Good Sources of Information on International Tobacco Issues
In order to avoid overwhelming GPTC participants with a deluge of emails,
we try our best to cull only the very best and most relevant tobacco-related
information to share. For those who are interested in expanding the amount
of information they receive -- or in researching particular international
tobacco control issues further -- we encourage you to check out the list
of resources below.
UICC
GLOBALINK
GLOBALink is the most popular international tobacco control
network with well over 1000 members from all five continents. Membership
gives one access to all Globalink email listserves (organized by topic,
language, and geographic region - you can sign up for as many or as few
as you like), the international membership directory, and a wide variety
of online resources. Globalink also provides free webhosting and live
interactive chats. Membership is free. For more information see
http://join.globalink.org/ or
email <globalink@uicc.org>
INTERNATIONAL AGENCY ON
TOBACCO AND HEALTH (IATH) BULLETIN
The IATH bulletin is an excellent and concise source of
tobacco-related news and information from around the world. The 10-page
monthly bulletin consists of the following sections: Scientific Update,
Advertising & Promotion, Legislation/Government Action, Law Cases,
Tobacco Industry, Trade & Economics, Health Promotion & Research,
Smoking in Public Places, Smoking Cessation, and Worldwide News in Brief.
IATH Director David Simpson provides short, useful analysis following
many of the brief tidbits. Includes tobacco-related cartoons. GPTC groups
based in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern/Central Europe, and the
former Soviet Union that want to join the IATH network and receive the
bulletin should contact Anne-Marie Macrez <admin@iath.org>.
U.S. and Canadian groups interested in receiving the IATH bulletin should
contact <tobacco@essential.org>.
INTL-TOBACCO
LISTSERV
A moderated, post-only electronic listserve that distributes news clips,
reports, updates, urgent action alerts and analyses related to international
tobacco issues. Traffic averages approximately two messages a day. To
subscribe, sent an email message to <intl-tobacco-request@lists.essential.org>
with the text: subscribe. Or, subscribe, get list information, and view
archives online at
http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/intl-tobacco
TOBACCO
CONTROL
Tobacco Control is a quarterly journal producted by the British Medical
Journal Publishing Group. The journal is a super source of news, articles,
editorials, information and images from around the world. Groups in "low-income"
countries are eligible for a free on-line subscriptions. For a list of
countries entitled to free access go to http://www.bmjjournals.com:80/subscriptions/countries.shtml.
For more information about the journal see http://tc.bmjjournals.com/
or email editor Simon Chapman <simonc@health.usyd.edu.au>.
The last 10
years of issues are archived at http://tc.bmjjournals.com/contents-by-date.0.shtml
DOC-ALERT
LISTSERVE
Want to know more about the outrageous things the tobacco industry has
said and schemed in private, but don't have the time to search the millions
of on-line documents yourself? Sign up for this great tobacco document
information service provided by the American Lung Association of Colorado
and Tobacco Documents Online. Receive just one email a day with a link
to and an excerpt from an industry document, complete with short analysis
by Anne Landman, a tobacco document research specialist. Documents shine
a light on the tobacco industry's practices and strategies in the U.S.
and abroad. To subscribe send a message to <doc-alert-subscribe@smokescreen.org>.
Archives are available at http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/documents.php
Essential
Action
Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control
P.O. Box 19405 ~ Washington,
DC 20036
Tel: +1 202-387-8030 ~ Fax: +1 202-234-5176
Email: tobacco@essential.org
www.essentialaction.org/tobacco
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