Resource Center: advocacy

A variety of national organizations are involved in suicide prevention. Here are some websites. Please note that these sites are not sponsored by any government agency.

The Center for Social Gerontology has created a smoking cessation brochure which targets older adults in an effort to encourage smoking cessation among the elderly. (From their website)

The National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons (NCTFOP), created by and an integral part of The Center for Social Gerontology (TCSG), is dedicated to redressing and mitigating the physical and emotional harm to older persons caused by the actions of the tobacco industry. The NCTFOP will serve as a national advocate for and source of information on tobacco and older persons issues, as well as a 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. (From their website)

This is the list of diseases currently covered in the Rare Disease Database (From their Website). With every disease, there is a link that provides a general discussion on the disorder, as well as a list of organizations and resources.

A list of celebrities who have spoken out against tobacco. Also includes the site URL to their anti-tobacco website.

Information on the special report of the Florida tobacco settlement in 1998.

This group "was established to enhance pain research and promote collaboration among researchers across the many NIH Institutes and Centers that have programs and activities addressing pain." The website offers information on Clinical Trials, the NIH-wide Pain Interest Group Seminar Series, Pain Intensity Scales, an interactive textbook of pain and symptom research, and a feature to search the literature.

This page includes answers to common questions about rates, causes and risks of suicide, high-risk populations, and prevention.

This page includes information on lives lost due to suicide and basic facts about suicide.

The fact sheet includes some general facts and statistics, information about suicide among youths and the elderly, an overview of the CDC's prevention program, and links to prevention materials.