Abstract
Background. Smoking prevalence rates are alarmingly high in developing countries at a time when the United States and the United Kingdom are mobilizing domestic anti‐smoking forces. A resident at Dartmouth—Hitchcock Medical Center established an American—British partnership to promote international tobacco policy activism. Methods. The program assembled a coalition of physicians and public health experts from the two countries and provided them with an Internet‐based chat resource. Results. The coalition utilized Internet resources to follow international trends in tobacco use policies and agreed to meet bimonthly through the site to promote anti‐smoking activism. Conclusions. This report introduces a novel approach to international anti‐tobacco policy activism. It provides a model that is transportable to other institutions and other public health measures.