New research measures amount of free-base nicotine in "the modern cigarette, a highly engineered nicotine delivery device".

1996 Pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction.

Now-famous segment on nicotine manipulation in cigarettes.

Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition, and treatment of nicotine dependence.

Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times.

Information covering tobacco-related issues and statistics. There are also sections dedicated to youth.

Concise summary from the American Cancer Society of tobacco use, cigarettes, trends in smoking, profiling smokers, costs of tobacco, nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, spit tobacco, and industrial hazards.

NIH short summary of nicotine effects.

Site explains why "low tar", "light" and "mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes.

University of Texas medical center factsheets on effects of smoking and tobacco, and tips and support for quitting. One-third of M. D. Anderson patients have tobacco-related cancers.

About 12 items summarizing various research from 1995 to 2000.

Concise factsheet.

American Lung Association info sheets on smoking, nicotine, and related topics: does smoking help people relax? What quitting methods work?

Recent research shows that cigarette products cause addiction much faster than was previously believed, in just a few doses.

Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations.

Information on kids and smoking, facts about smoking and addiction.

ASH-UK factsheet on nicotine, its properties, difficulty in quitting, measures of dependence, withdrawal systems, genetic influence, and tobacco industry recognition of the its importance.

Science Week article focuses on 3 decades of tobacco industry efforts to engineer cigarettes for addiction.

1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product.

"Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining.

Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question.

Report covers the scientific evidence on active smoking, passive smoking, nicotine addiction, price and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, cessation, key conclusions.

Information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about nicotine, addiction, the extent and impact of tobacco use, how nicotine delivers its effect, consequences of continued use, treatments, and gender differences.

Find nicotine dependence information, covering symptoms, causes, risks, treatments and types. Discuss nicotine dependence issues with others in forums, blogs, personal stories and recommendations.

From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on cigarettes, tobacco advertising, health effects, and secondhand smoke.

Created and sustained by Christy Turlington, an online resource guide, providing information and links to numerous lung cancer and smoking-cessation related websites. SmokingIsUgly.com is part of Turlington's campaign to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer.

Provides information on industry manipulation and control of nicotine in cigarettes.

Advocacy group and center for conducting research, education and training to increase public awareness of the effects of tobacco on older persons and to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke by older persons. Includes fact sheets with data about smoking among older persons, and information specific for older persons about tobacco-related health problems, smoking cessation, and tobacco settlement funds.

Online book provides quotes, summaries, and factsheets about hazards of smoking.

Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands.

A quarterly scientific journal covering all aspects of tobacco use prevention and control.

List of stars and performers killed by tobacco.

From Australia: cigarettes, tobacco history; current trends; smoking and health, the tobacco industry -- recent revelations; secondhand smoke; young people and smoking; smoking in the workplace; tqitting smoking.

A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; and the tobacco industry.

Current events related to tobacco.

Offers smoking cessation tips, research results, and tips for staying smoke free.

A WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on global tobacco use and problems caused by that use.

History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, tobacco control, policy initiatives; quitting, litigation, pricing, and futures.

A support group quitting forum and education program devoted to the science, psychology and art of abrupt nicotine cessation.

Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction, and the effect tobacco products have on the brain, lungs, and other vital organs, and a treatment options section.

Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.