The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A, the States, and America, is a country in North America. A federal republic, the United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Washington, D.C.
The present-day continental United States has been inhabited for at least 15,000 years by Native Americans. After 16th-century European exploration and settlement, the English established new colonies, and gained control of others, in the eastern portion of the continent in the 17th and early 18th centuries. On 4 July 1776, at war with Britain over fair governance, thirteen of these colonies declared their independence; in 1783, the war ended in British acceptance of the new nation. Since then, the country has more than quadrupled in size: it now consists of 50 states, one federal district, and a number of overseas territories.
At over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.1 million km²), the U.S. is the third largest country by area. It is also the world's third most populous nation, with nearly 300 million people.
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A SmokeFree New York Works - Group educates on how going smokefree is good for New Yorkers and good for business in the city.
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Alabama Tobacco Prevention and Control - Goals include eliminating environmental tobacco use exposure, promoting quitting, preventing initiation, and identifying and eliminating disparities among populations.
Bismarck Tobacco Free Coalition - A pro-active organization dedicated to promoting a healthy, tobacco free environment in North Dakata. Area smokefree dining, smokefree advocacy, local tobacco news.
BREATHE - Wisconsin organization supporting smokefree air.
Breathe Easy Tulsa - Smokefree restaurants, smokefree recreation, and schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) - Dedicated to the support of youth and young adult tobacco control advocacy throughout California. By providing young people and agencies working with young people with the tangible tools for action, CYAN strives to mobilize a powerful statewide movement for tobacco control.
Capital District Tobacco-Free Coalition - Capital Region of New York State provides information on secondhand smoke, educational resources, medical resources, business and organization resources, information and support for people quitting smoking.
Meta Description: [ Smoke Free Capital NY Albany - Smoking Cessation Information for the Capital District including Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties ]
Central Iowa Tobacco-Free Partnership - Committed to saving lives through community education that reduces tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke; provides information, resources, and smoke free dining guide.
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Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Youth - New Hampshire based coalition. Events; news; factsheets; moke-free restaurant listings; media resources.
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Mobile - Effects of tobacco; prevention and education; quitting; smokefree environments; youth and tobacco; news and resources; from Mobile, Alabama.
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania - Coalition of statewide and local organizations that have come together to combat Pennsylvania's number one cause of preventable disease, disability and death: tobacco use.
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont - The Coalition believes that Vermonters care about clean air and the health of our fellow neighbors, friends, and family. Our goal is to empower Vermonters with information and tools to influence our state government to work toward a Tobacco Free Vermont.
Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention - Tobacco information and facts, local programs and coalitions, smoking cessation programs, prevention tips, best practices for prevention, state and local laws and ordinances.
Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance - Statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to reducing tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke throughout Colorado through education and advocacy.
Meta Description: [ The Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance (CTEPA) is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to reducing tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke throughout Colorado through education and advocacy. ]
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Commit To a Healthier Brant - Demonstration site of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy; aims to demonstrate innovative approaches to reduce tobacco use in Brant County, Ontario through prevention, protection and cessation initiatives.
Community Tobacco Control Coalitions in New York - Provides listings for tobacco control and smokefree coalitions in communities across New York state.
Meta Description: [ Contact information for tobacco control community partnerships ]
Contra Costa Tobacco Prevention Project - Dedicated to reducing and ultimately eliminating tobacco use and exposure in Contra Costa county, California, by developing projects that change the social and cultural norms related to tobacco.
Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Health - Empowering Denver to reduce tobacco use through prevention, education, and advocacy; provides information on secondhand smoke, quitting smoking, area ordinances and laws, and resources and training on tobacco.
Meta Description: [ This site has information about tobacco and related prevention and education activities in the Denver area. ]
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Door County Compass - Wisconsin based smokefree advocacy organization promotes smokefree workplaces and public places.
Meta Description: [ A guidepost to Door County, Wisconsin with news on the arts, issues and more - links to all web sites, lodging, dining, and recreation information. ]
Greene County Tobacco Free Coalition - Smoke free dining guide, tobacco facts, and help quitting smoking in Greene County, NY.
Had Enough Wisconsin? - Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board has information on corporate lies and influence, taking action locally, secondhand smoke, teen action, quitting, and tobacco facts and news.
Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco - Pulls together information on tobacco, nicotine and addictdion, secondhand smoke, media advocacy, youth, tobacco additives, and women and tobacco.
Illinois Tobacco-Free Communities - Current projects and programs, cost of somking calculator, quit tips, kids area, and tobacco industry deception tactics.
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Imperial County Tobacco Free Zone - Community tobacco education campaign in Imperial County, California.
Maryland - Smoking Stops Here - Organization provides information and ways to get involved in the fight against tobacco use in Maryland.
Meta Description: [ This site, www.SmokingStopsHere.com, has been created by Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to help aid smokers in quitting their addiction. Funding is provided by the Center for Health Promotion, Education, and Tobacco Use Prevention to ensure that all services related to thi... ]
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Maryland Tobacco Use Prevention - Information about the state's programs to reduce tobacco use.
Meta Description: [ The Center for Health Promotion, Education and Tobacco Use Prevention helps Maryland citizens, families and communities make informed decisions to improve their health and quality of life ]
Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program - Health program features reports on the program itself, tobacco industry advertising, youth smoking in Massachusetts, local and statewide programs, research, and policy initiatives.
Meta Description: [ Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. ]
Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco - Mission is to reduce the harm that tobacco causes the people of Minnesota. Resources to help you quit; research; intervention; news; secondhand smoke public information.
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Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition - Established in 1984 to reduce tobacco use in Minnesota; goals are to prevent children from beginning a lifelong addiction to tobacco, to help those who want to quit smoking and to protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Morrow County Tobacco Coalition - Coalition of businesses, schools, county agencies, the community, families and youth, dedicated to providing a tobacco-free environment for the youth of Morrow County, Oregon within five years.
National African American Tobacco Education Network - NAATEN - A collaborative of national African American organizations united in the fight to prevent and reduce tobacco use among African Americans.
Meta Description: [ The National African American Tobacco Education Network (NAATEN) is a collaborative of national African American organizations united in the fight to prevent and reduce tobacco use among African Americans. ]
Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition - An alliance of public and private organizations working towards a tobacco-free Nevada. Provides training on grassroots organizing, working with the media, gathering and using data, speaking out on public policy and maximizing people and funds in the fight against tobacco.
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New Jersey GASP - Works for smokefree air for nonsmokers and tobacco-free lives for children. Sections on smokfree dining, legislation, litigation, solving problems, and for activists.
New York City Coalition for a Smoke Free City - The Coalition for a Smoke-Free City is an anti tobacco advocacy group committed to making New York a smoke-free city
NJ Breathes - Information and advocacy for tobacco education, smokefree air, and coverage of cessation, in New Jersey.
Meta Description: [ NJBreathes is a coalition of more than 40 state-wide organizations dedicated to reducing tobacco use in New Jersey. ]
Northeast Colorado: Tobacco Prevention - List of smokefree dining in northeast Colorado; tobacco facts; quitting tips.
Oklahoma Tobacco Use Prevention - Tobacco's toll on Oklahoma; Oklahoma's prevention programs; news and events.
Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program - Oregon Public Health services provides tobacco facts, scientific information about tobacco, tobacco laws, tobacco industry secrets, and tools for health programs and smokefree advocacy.
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Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco - Statewide alliance whose focus is grassroots tobacco public policy and advocacy.
Pennsylvaniya Tobacco Prevention ClearingHouse - Helps community groups reduce exposure to tobacco smoke pollution, create tobacco prevention programs, get funding, and evaluate effectiveness.
Pride: Tobacco Free Nebraska - Factsheet on impact of tobacco in Nebraska, secondhand smoke, and tips for teens.
Project Action of Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery Counties - Tobacco control coalition for three counties near Albany, New York, features smokefree dining guide, facts on smoking and secondhand smoke, quiting smoking, and smoking and pregnancy.
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Rhode Island Non-Smokers - Guide to smokefree dining by city or town, college campus smoking policies, legislative updates and how to take action for smokefree workplaces, and tobacco industry tactics to fight smokefree workplaces and public places.
Smoke Free Denver - Effort to make Denver's work and public places, including restaurants and bars, smokefree; information on tobacco issues in Denver and Colorado, tobacco facts in Denver, what you can do.
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page - Avocacates for a smokefree society. Features information on the economic costs of tobacco use.
Meta Description: [ We Have the Right to Breathe Clean, Safe, Smoke Free Air ]
Smoke Free Wisconsin - Promotes effective tobacco control policies that will protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke; prevent the initiation of smoking, especially among children; and ensure that there is a well-funded, comprehensive and effective statewide tobacco prevention program.
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Smoke-Free For Health - Non-profit organization formed to protect Floridians from exposure to second-hand smoke. Focus is to ensure the passage of a constitutional amendment in Florida to prohibit smoking in indoor work places.
Smoke-Free Jacksonville Florida - This site is dedicated to reducing the number of smokers, increasing public awareness on the dangers of tobacco usage and preventing the use of all forms of tobacco.
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Smoke-Free Ohio - Provides information about and allows citizens to get involved in campaigns for protecting everyone's right to breathe clean indoor air (smokefree public places) in Ohio cities.
Meta Description: [ SmokeFreeOhio is a campaign by the American Cancer Society and other supporting organizations to create smoke-free public places and workplaces in Ohio (Ohio smoking ban). ]
SmokeFree Communities Project - A tobacco control collaborative serving the communities of Brookline, Milton, Newton, Waltham, and Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Smokefree Indiana - Reducing tobacco use for a healthier Indiana. From Ball State University. How-to emphasis.
Meta Description: [ Smokefree Indiana promotes healthy, tobacco-free lifestyles through community action and advocacy. ]
SmokeFree Michigan - Michigan Citizens for SmokeFree Air, a grass roots statewide organization working for smoke-free environments wherever the public gathers. Features smokefree dining guide for Michigan; also tobacco news, analysis, and advocacy.
SmokeFree North Carolina - Advocates for smokefree businesses and public places in North Carolina.
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SmokeLess States - National tobacco policy initiative that supports statewide coalitions with the goal of reducing tobacco use. Online newsletter, factsheets and information on tobacco taxes, secondhand smoke, and quitting smoking.
Smoking Stinks; Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Dangers of tobacco; youth focus.
South Dakota Department of Health: Tobacco Control - State programs to prevent young people from starting to use tobacco products, help current tobacco users quit, and reduce nonsmokers' exposure to second-hand smoke.
Meta Description: [ Use this page to learn about preventing tobacco use, helping current tobacco users quit, and reduce exposure to second-hand smoke. ]
South Dakota Tobacco-Free Kids Network - Alliance advocating laws, policies and funding of effective programs to reduce tobacco use and addiction, especially among children and high-risk groups.
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Southwest Alliance Against Tobacco - North Dakota organization aiming to improve the health of communities by promoting tobacco free lifestyles and smoke free environments, advocating for tobacco control laws, and educating the public on all health issues relating to tobacco
Southwest Washington Health District: Tobacco - Focus on prevention, secondhand smoke, smokefree restaurants and workplaces.
StopTheButts - Erie-Niagara Tobacco Free Coalition, located in upstate New York, offers local tobacco law and factsheets, facts about secondhand smoke, E-Z letters to take action, and tobacco documents.
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Suffolk Youth Partnership for Health - Aims to give everyone the right to live, learn, work, and play in a smokefree environment, as well as protect Suffolk youth from the tobacco industry.
Tacoma-Pierce County Tobacco Prevention - How tobacco ads target kids; tobacco compliance checks; tobacco cessation resources; Pierce County smokefree dining guide; truth in outdoor tobacco advertising.
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The Schuylkill County Tobacco Free Youth Coalition - Dedicated to helping young people to avoid tobacco addiction, with information about the Coalition and its Tobacco Free Ballfield Project.
Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island - Prevention, cessation, and protection from tobacco products are the focus; cessation resources, pending legislation, teen scene, news, events, and related sites.
Tobacco Free California - Wallpaper, e cards, message boards, and information aimed at eeliminating tobacco-related deaths, diseases, and addiction.
Tobacco Free Hall County - Group located in Grand Island, Nebraska, is dedicated to promoting lives free of smoke. Features award winning materials on secondhand smoke.
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Tobacco Free Wichita Coalition - Aims to explain the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, promote smokefree air, encourage quitting, and create a strong network of clean air advocates.
Tobacco Wisconsin - Current and accurate information on tobacco control resources, research, and technical assistance.
Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon - About TOFCO Projects Help Me Quit News Room Contact TOFCO Take Action A coalition of businesses, organizations and individuals who advocate for programs and policies that will decrease the toll of tobacco use in Oregon
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Tobacco-Free Michigan - Dedicated to promoting tobacco-free environments and to improving health and quality of life through education and advocacy; provides action alerts, legislative updates, Michigan tobacco news, smokefree restaurants, tobacco resources, and a bulletin board.
Tobacco-Free Ohio - Organization dedicated to reducing tobacco use among Ohioans and eliminate individuals' exposure to the health hazards of secondhand smoke in public places.
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Tobacco-Free Ways - Pima County, Arizona organization offers ways youth can fight tobacco, resources on cigarettes and quitting, and tips.
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TobaccoFreeMass.org - Tobacco Free Mass advocates for funding and policies that reduce tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable death and diseas in the Commonwealth, and reducing the public's exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Warren County Communities Against Tobacco Coalition - Develops community based strategies to reduce smoking and public exposure to secondhand smoke and supports programs that help smokers quit smoking throughout Warren County New Jersey. News, events, smokefree dining guide.
Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health - An association promoting clean air in public places. Dining guides, coalitions, how-tow, newsletter, surveys and feedback, resources on secondhand smoke, restaurants, and bars.
Wyoming Tobacco Prevention - Smokefree restaurant list, quitting resources, news, and data reports on tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure in Wyoming.
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