September 11, 2009
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Program Result
Partners With Tobacco Use Research Centers helped translate the research findings of the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURCs) into policy and practice.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result
Pyramid Communications, a communications and public affairs company based in Seattle, facilitated a two-day substance abuse prevention conference, "Prevention 2000: Moving Effective Programs into Practice."
October 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Norton Sound Health Corporation (an Alaskan Native health care organization) provided training in substance abuse counseling and prevention to paraprofessional, village-based counselors.
February 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1997 to 1998, researchers at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, R.I., examined cigarette smoking as a barrier to cancer screening - both mammography and Pap tests - in women aged 40 to 75.
August 2, 2012
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Program Result
Tobacco Policy Change invested in tobacco policy advocacy in those states and communities with higher percentages of poor people, blue-collar workers, minorities, and others disproportionately impacted by tobacco use.
August 2, 2012
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Program Result
With funding from RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project spearheaded an ambitious effort to curb the use of commercial tobacco among the 300,000-member Navajo Nation.
August 2, 2012
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Program Result
From 2004 through 2010, Marjorie Paloma, a senior policy adviser for RWFJ, was the program officer for Tobacco Policy Change, which provided resources and technical assistance to local, regional, and national organizations and tribal groups to implement effective tobacco prevention and cessation policy initiatives.
August 8, 2011
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Program Result
From 2008 to 2011, the American Legacy Foundation ran "Become an EX," a national smoking cessation media campaign that portrayed quitting smoking as a challenging yet achievable goal.
October 4, 2005
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Program Result
The Wisconsin SmokeLess States project, with first the Tobacco-Free Wisconsin Coalition and then SmokeFree Wisconsin as the lead organization, conducted statewide activities to reduce tobacco use, particularly among children and youth.
October 4, 2005
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Program Result
From mid-2001 to mid-2004, the Protect Montana Kids coalition, with the American Cancer Society as the lead organization, conducted statewide activities to reduce tobacco use, particularly among children and youth.
