Scope

This Research Guide focuses on the social, legal, economic, and health issues related to smoking and the use of tobacco products. See also the Research Guide Drug Abuse.

Overview

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior
College Library Reference Collection: HV 5804 E53 2001
Refer to"Tobacco," pages 1085-1108

Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco
College Library Reference Collection: HV 5760 H57 1999

Encyclopedia of Psychology
College Library Reference Collection: BF 31 E52 2000
Refer to "Smoking," volume 7, pages 320-324

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
College Library Reference Collection: RC 41 G35 2002
Refer to "Smoking" and "Nicotine" in index

Human Diseases and Conditions
College Library Reference Collection: RC 81 A2 H75 2000
Refer to "Tobacco-related Diseases"

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

InfoPlease Dates Vary (updates vary)
Infoplease.com contains reference sources including TIME/Information Please Almanac, ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, A&E Entertainment Almanac, Information Please Dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

Facts.com 1980 - to date (updated weekly)
Includes 75,000 full-text news articles, weekly updates from Facts On File World News Digest, and regular wire service updates from Reuters. Basic instructions for Facts.com

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

smok* and health
tobacco and law*
(adolescent or youth) and (tobacco or cigarette*)
nicotine and addiction
smoking and (quit* or cessation)
secondhand smoke
cigarette* and adverstis*
smoking and hypertension
(cigarette or cigar or tobacco) and mortality
Philip Morris and ads
tobacco and history
chewing tobacco or snuff
smoking and hypnosis

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

Business Full Text 1982 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 400 key business periodicals, including trade magazines and scholarly journals, covering all aspects of business. Basic instructions for Business Full Text

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

General Science Full Text 1984 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 150 popular and scholarly periodicals, as well as the Science section of the New York Times. Subjects include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environment, nutrition, genetics, medicine and health. Basic instructions for General Science Full Text

Health Source: Consumer Edition1984 - to date (updated daily)
Provides full text since 1990 from nearly 280 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and much more. Basic instructions for Health Source: Consumer Edition

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

PsycINFO 1872 - to date (updated weekly)
Indexes 1,300 scholarly journals along with books and book chapters in psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral sciences. Basic instructions for PsycINFO

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

More Databases:

ABI/Inform 1971 - to date (updated daily)
ABI/Inform indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1300 scholarly and trade business periodicals. Popular journals such as Forbes, Fortune, and Business Week are also included. The Web version, ABI/INFORM Global, provides full-text articles from more than 600 of the journals from 1992 to the present. It is an excellent source of information on management techniques, corporate strategies, trends, and business conditions. Basic instructions for ABI/Inform

Education Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 400 scholarly and trade periodicals and selected monographs in education, educational psychology, college life, teacher education and evaluation. Basic instructions for Education Full Text

The Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database 1981 - to date (updated monthly)
Multidisciplinary database that covers all areas of air, land,water, and noise pollution. More than 1,000 primary journal literature titles in major scientific languages are covered. Sample search: select "Pollution Abstracts" and type "cigarette." Basic instructions for Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database.

GenderWatch 1980 - to date (updated quarterly)
A women's and gender issues database with full-text coverage of most journals. Basic instructions for GenderWatch

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1972 - to date (updated quarterly)
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. The full-text of the articles is not available in the database. Basic instructions for PAIS

Readers' Guide Full Text and Retrospective 1890 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 240 popular magazines in a wide range of subject areas. Full-text coverage of 131 titles begins with 1994. Basic instructions for Readers' Guide Full Text

Thomas (Legislative Information on the Internet)
Maintained by: Library of Congress. Current and recent Congressional information in the areas of legislation, Congressional Record, and committee information. Legislation databases include bill summaries and texts, the Congressional Record, public laws, and roll call votes. Basic instructions for Thomas (Legislative Information on the Internet)

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on tobacco and smoking-related issues can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

smok? and addict?
"smoking cessation"
"nicotine addiction"
advertising and (tobacco or cigar?)
http and (smok? or tobacco or nicotine) to find electronic resources
"tobacco use"

Internet Sites

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22937
Information about tobacco control, quitting smoking, statistics and current research.

Tobacco Control Resource Center for Wisconsin
http://www.tobwis.org/
This Madison-based online resource to Wisconsin tobacco control coalitions and
advocates provides information about legislation, research & data, local media and projects.

The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
http://www.ctri.wisc.edu/
Nationally-recognized academic center dedicated to advancing the science of tobacco dependence and its treatment, to providing effective intervention and outreach services for children and adults, and to developing policy initiatives.

Tobacco.Org
http://www.tobacco.org/
Source for tobacco news, history, links, and current events.

Action on Smoking and Health
http://ash.org/
Antismoking and Nonsmokers' Rights Organization. Legal, health, and news information.

MEDLINEplus: Drug Abuse
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html
National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health website offers information about drug abuse, abused drugs, treatment, clinical trials, research, law and policies, and statistics.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Prevline
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
Online information from the Department of Health and Human Services. Click on Newsroom for current information.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
Website offers information and research useful for students, teachers, parents, and health practitioners.

GATEWAYS:

Yahoo's Links About Smoking
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=smoking

Smoking from All Sides
http://smokingsides.com/
The pros and cons of smoking, including lists of celebrity smokers, links about cigarette glamour, tobacco history, smoking cessation, and health information.

Advertising World's Links to Tobacco Advertising
http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/index.asp?pageid=Tobacco
Resources for advertising and marketing professionals, students, and teachers. Links to a variety of tobacco advertising sites.

Statistics

Statistical Universe 1973 - to date (updated monthly)
Contains the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications. Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe is available to UW-Madison registered users.

FedStats Dates Vary (updated continually)
FedStats provides access to the statistics found in the publications of more than 70 United States federal government agencies. Searches on FedStats provide direct links to federal agency statistical publications in both full-text and tabular format.

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/smoking.htm
Statistics on smoking

Videos

Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco
College Library Main Collection: HF 5831 D434 2003

Inside the Insider: Dr. Jeffrey S. Wigans Talks About His Fight Against the Tobacco Industry
College Library Main Collection: HD9135 W54 2001

Nicotine War
College Library Main Collection: HV5740 N5 1995