The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) was founded in 1999 and is made up of over 350 organisations from more than 100 countries working on the development, ratification and implementation of the international treaty, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC); the world’s first global public health treaty.

Resources listed on this page pertain to tobacco control efforts in California. The evaluation program of the Tobacco Control Section consists of surveillance, evaluation and dissemination.

June 2006: This important report from the US Surgeon General concludes that "The scientific evidence is now indisputable: secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance. It is a serious health hazard that can lead to disease and premature death in children and non-smoking adults."

The TobaccoPedia is part of the Globalink site which has huge searchable resources on all aspects of tobacco and tobacco policy. The online tobacco encyclopaedia.

The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. The EPA develops and enforces regulations, performs environmental research and publishes information. Has published many reports on the health impacts of exposure to secondhand smoke.

A set of factsheets and related materials to accompany the US Surgeon General's report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco smoke. 27 June 2006

Updated edition - This report summarises the most currently available information on tobacco production, trade, consumption, legislation, and disease burden for each of 196 countries and territories worldwide.

Tobacco Monographs. The National Cancer Institute established the Tobacco Control Monograph series to provide ongoing and timely information about emerging public health issues in smoking and tobacco use control.

Major reports on tobacco and health available on line.

This bulletin presents information on various aspects of smoking in England, drawn together from a variety of sources. Subjects include: smoking prevalence, smoking in pregnancy, behaviour and attitudes towards smoking, economic costs associated with tobacco.

Packed with colourful maps detailing global smoking trends, the economics of tobacco, tobacco advertising in every country of the world. Published by the American Cancer Society.

Tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the European Union accounting for over half a million deaths each year and over a million deaths in Europe as a whole. It is estimated that 25% of all cancer deaths and 15% of all deaths in the Union could be attributed to smoking. This link is the European Commission Public Health, Tobacco page with access to EU policy, legislation, FAQs and key EU documentation.

This group surveys evidence from trials and rates the strength of evidence for various interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 and named after the British epidemiologist, Archie Cochrane.

The General LiFestyle Survey (GLF), formerly known as the General Household Survey (GHS), is a multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by ONS collecting information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great Britain. These reports cover smoking trends in Britain including prevalence and consumption by age, socio-economic group, etc as well as attitudes to smoking and quitting.