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(Most people in Canada,
including teenagers, do not smoke. The links below might help those who
are smoking, or who might be tempted to smoke.)
thetruth.com - a website about the
role big tobacco companies play in smoking.
From the government of Nova
Scotia, a (slow loading) resource for those trying to quit smoking.
http://www.sickofsmoke.com/pgs/home.html
A useful site with resources
on quitting, statistics and more from the Governemnt of Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/tcu/quitting.htm
From Health Canada: "Tobacco
use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in Canada,
responsible for more than 45,000 deaths every year."
This site has a wealth of useful
resources, images, and news.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/tobacco.htm
The Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm
Many great links for Youths and Research collected by NOTOBACCO.ORG
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http://www.notobacco.org/other.html
Information for Teens from Center for Young Women's Health,
Children's Hospital, Boston
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/smokeinfo.html
Health Canada's Go Smoke Free
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/
RESOURCES ON SUBSTANCE USE/ABUSE
Nova Scotia 1998 Student Drug Use Survey Highlights Report *
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
http://www.ccsa.ca/
Nova Scotia Department of Health information for parents about
smoking and children
http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/tcu/parents.htm
Canada's Schoolnet's resource for teaching young teens about
alcohol
http://www.schoolnet.ca/alcohol/e/mainmenu/
MADD Canada
http://www.madd.ca/
Canadians for Safe and Sober Driving
http://www.add.ca/
RCMP Drug Awareness service
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/das/default_e.htm
Street Drugs - a database of drug information *
http://www.streetdrugs.org/
What Parents Should know about Drug Prevention *
http://www.respectpeace.com/English/indexEn.htm
Information for parents to help them keep their children from
abusing drugs *
http://www.theantidrug.com/
Drug-Free America *
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/
An interactive Drug Information Manual for the safety of children
http://safetypub.com/Cdsm.htm
FORREAL - an interactive, up-to-date site about marijuana
http://www.forreal.org /
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information *
(Prevention Online)
http://www.health.org/
About.com Substance Abuse - Links to many resources on many
topics
from smoking to ecstasy
http://substanceabuse.about.com/health/substanceabuse/
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
http://www.ncadd.org/
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and other Drug Prevention
http://www.edc.org/hec/
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org
AL-ANON/ALATEEN Hope for families and friends of
alcoholics
http://www.Al-Anon-Alateen.org/
United Nations International Drug Control Programme
http://www.undcp.org/
Hazelden (a non-profit organization that produces education and
prevention publications)
http://www.hazelden.org/
News from the National (US) Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome2.html
About Gambling
Problem Gambling Services Nova Scotia Department of Health
http://www.gov.ns.ca/heal/gambling
Problem Gambling, a Canadian Perspective
http://www.problemgambling.ca/
