February 1, 2003
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A one-hour NOVA television documentary, "Search for a Safe Cigarette," investigated current efforts to create less toxic cigarettes in 2001.
July 29, 2008
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Program Result
Experts in state- and local-level health information met to discuss key issues surrounding the availability and use of local health information, the role public health departments play in collecting and disseminating local health information.
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.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
In the 1990s, Massachusetts led the nation in anti-smoking programs, but from 2000 to 2004, the state cut its funding for tobacco prevention by 95 percent.
December 3, 2008
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Site Profile
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Harvard University Graduate School of Education studied adolescent risk behavior among middle grade students in the Cambridge, Mass., public school system.
May 31, 2000
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Program Result
From 1994 to 1997, Health Research, Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., analyzed the information collected in the National Cancer Institute's Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) study.
May 31, 2000
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Program Result
North Bay Health Resources Center assessed the effectiveness of a community-driven deterrence strategy to increase merchant perception of risk, influence store owners and clerks to obey state tobacco sales laws, and reduce tobacco sales to minors.
November 16, 2012
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Program Result
For two decades Join Together served as a national resource center for local substance abuse initiatives, and promoted policies that enhance prevention and treatment. The Partnership at Drugfree.org is now the portal for these resources.
