September 1, 2006
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Program Result
The University of California, San Diego conducted two longitudinal surveys designed primarily to study the roles of tobacco marketing and of parenting in the smoking uptake process among adolescents.
December 30, 2005
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Program Result
The Tobacco Etiology Research Network was a transdisciplinary research network that focused on etiology of tobacco use and dependence.
November 12, 2004
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Program Result
The Delaware-Raritan Girl Scout Council in East Brunswick, N.J., worked to educate Girl Scouts in Central New Jersey about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke through award programs, anti-smoking rallies, health fairs and summer camp programs.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result
From 1998 to 1999, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., published and disseminated papers presented at a conference on the science base for preventing tobacco use.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., developed an animal model to study the behavioral and biological effects of nicotine on adolescents and young adults.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result
The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences undertook a study of 990 black and white adolescents to investigate how social factors, including school experiences and families, contribute to smoking among youth.
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation and the Jacksonville Jaguars football team ran an array of projects to discourage smoking among fans and area youth.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
At the 2002 Taos Talking Picture Festival, Taos, N.M., and in the period leading up to it, Taos Talking Pictures initiated a youth education program to counter the glamorization of smoking depicted in the media.
June 1, 2001
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Program Result
Morse Enterprises organized a series of three, day-long invitational conferences to raise the issue of tobacco divestment among African-American leaders.
July 1, 2001
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Program Result
The University of Pennsylvania conducted a national telephone survey that assessed how well adolescents understand the risks of smoking. Princeton Survey Research Associates surveyed 300 smokers and 300 nonsmokers aged 14 to 22.
