August 1, 2001
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The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. oversaw research on the etiology of tobacco use among teens of diverse ethnic and racial groups and on the most effective communication messages to prevent teen addiction to tobacco.
August 1, 2001
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In 1999, Pyramid Communications, Inc., Seattle, planned and implemented a tobacco prevention conference - "New Partnerships and Paradigms for Tobacco Prevention Research."
March 1, 2000
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Researchers at the University of Arizona, Tucson, contacted and re-interviewed young women who had participated in a 1990-92 longitudinal study on body image, dieting, and smoking.
May 31, 2000
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Stanford University School of Medicine examined the proliferation of smoking advertisements and promotion to help understand how tobacco promotions and advertisements influenced adolescents' perceptions of smoking and smoking behavior.
May 31, 2000
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The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research evaluated the net economic impact in eight non-tobacco regions and one tobacco region of the United States of reductions in or elimination of tobacco consumption.
May 1, 2000
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The American Medical Association created the Coordinating Committee to Prevent Tobacco Use by Youth, which brought together several anti-tobacco organizations to conduct a national public education and information campaign about child and teen tobacco use.
May 1, 2000
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This two-part research study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, developed a greater understanding of the natural history of adolescent addiction to nicotine and the determinants of smoking uptake.
May 1, 2000
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The University of Colorado, Boulder, carried out a study of risk and protective factors that are associated with adolescents' involvement in cigarette smoking and that influence initiation of cigarette smoking in adolescence.
February 1, 1999
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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.
January 1, 1998
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The Center for Sustainable Systems Inc., Berea, Ky., assessed the opinions of both tobacco farmers and members of the general public concerning the current debate about tobacco policy options.
