Advocacy Groups and Resources

National and Special Issue Advocacy Groups and Resources

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
The grandfather of tobacco-control advocacy organizations with a history of doing targeted legal actions. The site has current news and studies.
www.ash.org

Ad Busters
Artists, activists, pranksters challenging corporate marketing.
www.adbusters.org

American Legacy Foundation
Funded by the Master Settlement Agreement, does paid anti-smoking ads.
www.americanlegacy.org

American Lung Association
Long time advocates for protection from secondhand smoke. The site has information about smokefree policies and laws, also quitting smoking.
www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33484

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
The premier citizens' advocacy organization. Great information, especially about local legislation, good and friendly counsel, good writing.
www.no-smoke.org

Atlantic County Smoke Free Air Coalition: Smoke Free Casinos
The Atlantic County Smoke Free Air Coalition has initiated a project to get New Jersey casinos to be entirely smokefree.
www.smokefreecasinos.com

BADvertising Institute
Counter advertising and spoofs of tobacco ads.
www.badvertising.org

Corporate Accountability International
Corporate watchdogs, now focusing on tobacco.
www.stopcorporateabuse.org

S.A.F.E. Smokefree Air For Everyone
For people sensitive to ETS, information on smokefree apartments, condos and bars.
www.pacificnet.net/~safe

Smoke Free Movies
How Hollywood movies push smoking, how to stop them.
www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu

Smokescreen Action Network
On-line forums about tobacco issues.
www.smokescreen.org

Tobacco Control Resource Center
Think tank for litigation against tobacco industry, also legislative and regulatory initiatives.
www.tobacco.neu.edu

Tobacco Law Center
Tobacco control research, policy development and analysis, and legal technical assistance
www.tobaccolawcenter.org

Tobacco Scam
How Big Tobacco uses and abuses the restaurant and bar industry
www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu

Youth advocacy groups, youth advocates

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org

Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco (COST)
New Jersey middle schoolers, advocates.
www.costkids.org

New Jersey REBEL
New Jersey teen activists.
www.njrebel.com

Youth Tobacco Attack Team
British Columbia
www.tobaccofacts.org

State Advocacy Groups

Arizona
Arizonans Concerned about Smoking
members.aol.com/acasinc/

Colorado
Colorado GASP
www.gaspforair.org

Indiana
Smokefree Indiana
www.smokefreeindiana.org

Georgia
Georgians Against Smoking Pollution
home.earthlink.net/~nonsmoke4ga/

Kansas
Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition
www.tobaccofreekansas.org

Maryland
Smokefree Maryland
www.smokefreemd.org

Michigan
Michigan Citizens for SmokeFree Air
www.smokefreemichigan.org

Minnesota
Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition
www.smokefreecoalition.org

Minnesota - Association for Nonsmokers
www.ansrmn.org/default.htm

Nebraska
GASP of Nebraska
www.gaspnebr.org

New Jersey
New Jersey GASP
www.njgasp.org

North Carolina
North Carolina GASP
www.main.nc.us/gasp

Ohio
Tobacco-Free Ohio
www.tobaccofreeohio.org/about.cfm

Pennsylvania
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania
www.tobaccofreepa.org

Virginia
Virginia GASP
www.gasp.org

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health
www.wish-wi.org

International Organizations

World Health Organization
www.who.int

The International Network of Women Against Tobacco
www.inwat.org

The International Tobacco Control Network
www.globalink.org

Foreign Advocacy Groups

Canada
Action on Smoking And Health
airspace.bc.ca

Canadian Council for Tobacco Control
www.ncth.ca/NCTH_new.nsf

United Kingdom
Action on Smoking and Health
www.ash.org.uk

Australia
Non Smokers' Movement of Australia
www.nsma.org.au

Netherlands
Dutch Non-smokers' Association
www.cleanairnederland.nl/

Japan
No Smoke Tokyo
members.tripod.com/~nosmoketokyo

This page update Februrary 26, 2007