Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For information about cancer prevention from the BC Cancer Agency website see Prevention: Tobacco.

For information in other languages see Websites in Other Languages.

For Patients/Public

Good places to start 

• Smoking (MedlinePlus)
• Smoking and Tobacco (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Stay Away from Tobacco (American Cancer Society)
• Tobacco/Smoking Cessation (US National Cancer Institute)
• Tobacco and Cancer (American Cancer Society)

 More smoking and tobacco websites

• Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
• Smoking & Tobacco (Canadian Lung Association)
• Tobacco (Health Canada)
• Tobacco Control Program (BC Ministry of Health)

Smoking cessation websites

• Quit 4 Life (Health Canada)
• QuitNow.ca
• Quit Smoking (Health Canada)
• Quitters Unite
• Smoking and Tobacco Cessation (BC Lung Association)

Secondhand smoke/passive smoking websites

• My Neighour's Smoking Makes Me Sick (HeretoHelp)
• Secondhand Smoke (American Cancer Society)
• Secondhand Smoke and Cancer (US National Cancer Institute)
• Secondhand Smoke is Dangerous (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Smoke-Free Housing BC
• Smoke-Free Places (BC Ministry of Health)

Websites for children and teens

• Kids Against Tobacco Smoke (UK)
• Lungs Are For Life (Ontario Lung Association)
• Smokefree Teen (US National Cancer Institute)

Mobile Resources

• QuitNow by TXT

For Researchers/Clinicians

Smoking and tobacco websites

• Tobacco Labelling Resource Centre

Smoking cessation websites

• Healthcare Providers (QuitNow.ca)
• Tobacco Free Nurses
• Tobacco Reduction Strategy (BC Healthy Living Alliance)

QuitNow is a smoking cessation program funded by the BC Ministry of Health and operated by the BC Lung Association. Access the QuitNow referral form

Books and reports

• Global Youth Tobacco Surveillance, 2000-2007
• IARC Monographs Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans 
• Reports of the Surgeon General (US)

Journals

• Tobacco Info, Magazine for a Smoke-Free Canada 

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.