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Northern Irish activist promoting the legalization and information on how to grow marijuana and sources for marijuana related news and information.

An organization devoted to the complete reform of our marijuana legislation through information and action.

Organization dedicated to providing independent scientific and general information related to aspartame toxicity. Recent news and research.

Supports the use of Splenda as a safe sugar substitute. Information on how it's made, scientific testing, and a FAQ.

Forthcoming are tobacco and smoking fact sheets, statistics, news, projects, policies, and resources.

MPs will chose between three options to banning smoking in enclosed public spaces.

Policy research in Romania seeks to analyse the factors affecting tobacco consumption in that country.

Follows a single issue, tobacco control, through the phases of the Precede-Proceed model of health promotion.

Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective.

Nature Science report on how the tobacco industry manipulates restaurant and bar trade bodies to maintain smoking in public places.

Expose of Rick Berman and the Center for Consumer Freedom documents payments totallying $2,950,000 from tobacco giant Philip Morris to Rick Bermman.

Syllabus and resources for course at The University of Dayton Law School.

SFWeekly article covers tobacco industry activity in California between 1988 and 1993, primarily diversion of Prop. 99 funds; politicians who helped the industry; industry use of PR firms, lobbyists, and front groups.

"It's a huge market in India and South East Asia. Tobacco companies are also targetting youth between 15-25. Two countries where it will zoom up are India and Indonesia".

Dedicated to the advocacy, education and harm reduction for the HIV/AIDS disease of African-American people.

A group of HIV positive women who share information, experiences, and support.

The goal of this site is to publish the best available pro and con responses to the question: Should marijuana be a medical option now? It also includes responses to subsidiary questions about medical value, medical risks, public policy, and legal issues.

Located in Arizona, offering services for medical marijuana certifications and patient education.

Columbia University in New York City NORML chapter

Arizona's NORML chapter for marijuana activists and patients. Make donations, find local events and links to local Arizona marijuana sites.

College chapter of NORML at Purdue University

Sells tobacco education playing cards designed for teens.

ANR analysis puts forward a short summary of smokefree environments as a youth tobacco protection and prevention strategy.

Factsheet lists events, approaches, and amount of TV time gained to promote cigarettes.

Recent research at Dartmouth shows the influence of on-screen smoking.

Marketing professor finds that teens are more likely to be influenced by strategic tobacco advertising than adults.

BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds.

News article covers the development of the PR industry with the tobacco industry, and how and why tobacco uses PR today.

Political column for Slate by Jacob Weisberg examines why well known liberal figures Ann Richards, George Mitchell and others became powerful lobbyists for Big Tobacco.

Reports on industry activity by state; extensive and recent reports available for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington.

Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities in 1989 such as pre-empting local smokefree laws.

Lorillard Tobacco lobbyists in Minnesota, and all groups respresented by each lobbyist.