To learn more about the tabagisme, Passeportsanté.net offers a selection of associations and government sites dealing with the subject of smoking. You will be able to find there Additional Information and contact communities or support groups allowing you to learn more about the disease.

Canada

Health Canada

Consult their “Guide to Becoming a Non-Smoker”.

www.hc-sc.qc.ca

Quebec Lung Association

You can speak to a health professional specializing in smoking cessation by calling “Lung-9” (1 888 768-6669, ext. 232).

www.pq.poumon.ca

Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health

For more than 25 years, this organization has been educating the public about the harms of smoking and working to create smoke-free environments.

www.cqts.qc.ca

The challenge I stop, I win!

Annual Quebec competition in which participants take up the challenge of not smoking for 6 weeks, while running the chance to win gifts.

www.defitabac.qc.ca

The I quit website

There is a forum and several online documents providing tips on quitting smoking. The site includes a version for teenagers and another for adults.

www.jarrete.qc.ca

The lit gang for a smoke-free life

A program for adolescents to prevent smoking in schools.

www.cqts.qc.ca/gang_allumee

Info-tobacco

Quebec non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage and support the dissemination, by French-speaking Quebec media, of information on smoking.

www.info-tabac.ca

To find out about the different forms of help available in Quebec (on the Internet, by phone or in person): www.info-tabac.ca/aide

Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control

To learn more about all the public measures put in place to reduce smoking: for example, the Tobacco Act 444, which notably orders a ban on smoking in the workplace.

www.cqct.qc.ca

Quebec government’s Health Guide

To learn more about drugs: how to take them, what are the contraindications and possible interactions, etc.

www.guidesante.gouv.qc.ca

France

Carenity.com

Carenity is the first French-speaking social network offering a community dedicated to tobacco dependence. It allows patients and their families to share their testimonies and experiences with other patients and to follow the evolution of their health.

www.carenity.com

Tobacco-net

A French meeting point for those who “want to live and help others to live free from tobacco.

www-tabac-net.ap-hop-paris.fr