National Institutes of Health, Office of Smoking and Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the United States' medical research agency. The Office of Smoking and Health is under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and both are under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The National Institute of Health, Office of Smoking and Health is located in Rockville, MD. They have training courses for M.D.'s on how to teach patients to quit smoking. The web site is http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/osh/index.htm

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