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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Action on
Smoking and Health (ASH) http://www.ash.org/
Everything for people concerned about smoking and nonsmokers'
rights, smoking statistics, quitting smoking, smoking risks, and other smoking
information.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
Select "Smoking & Tobacco Use" under "Healthy Living" link.
Smoking
Cessation http://quitsmoking.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&
This site is authored and maintained by an ex-smoker.
The site is current and has many links and statistics.
Tobacco Free Initiative
http://www5.who.int/tobacco/
Maintained by a specialized agency of the United Nations, World Health
Organization (WHO), provides current data on health conditions and needs,
particularly in developing countries.
Tobacco.org
http://www.tobacco.org/
A site maintained by the Argus Clearinghouse which gives many links including:
“Resources Page,” “Health Page,” “Documents Page,” “Culture
Page,” “Activism Page,” etc.
Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)
MedlinePlus http://www.medlineplus.gov
A goldmine of authoritative and up-to-date health information from the
world's largest medical library, The National Library of Medicine.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes more than
17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical
articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles
and other related resources.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:
The debatabase book : a must-have guide for successful
debate
Call number: Ref ZA3050.D3945 2007x
Smoking (Current controversies)
Call number: Ref HV5733.S66 2002
Tobacco and smoking : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref HV5733.T62 2005
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Media
The following
media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library,
to be viewed in the Library.
Deadly persuasion : the advertising of alcohol and tobacco
Call number: DVD 0047
Jean Kilbourne exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and
tactics used by the alcohol and tobacco industries to keep Americans
hooked on their dangerous products.
Hooked : the addiction trap
Call number: Video 000503
This 3 part series shows the path of addiction and discusses how to recognize when there is a potential problem. Interviews with young people and adults who are coping with addictions to drugs, alcohol, gambling, smoking, internet pornography, television and eating disorders are intercut with scientific information on addiction and the brain.
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library provides
online access to full-text articles through our
online databases - http;//library.riohondo.edu/online_databases.
Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board
member to use these services.
The 6 sample searches below are from the
ProQuest database.
Use Advanced Search and type each tern in a separate box:
1.
SUB(smoking) AND SUB(lung cancer)
2.
(smoking) AND (respiratory diseases)
3.
SUB(smoking) AND SUB(heart disease)
4.
SUB(tobacco industry) AND (court decisions)
5.
SUB(tobacco industry) AND SUB(advertising)
6.
SUB(smoking) AND SUB(teenagers)
Researched and evaluated by:
D. Yashar, Librarian 12/1997
last update: W. Enright, Librarian 11/2007