Although tobacco use has decreased, it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Implementing a combination of policy changes including clean indoor air laws, higher per-pack taxes, and cessation efforts are proven to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Brandeis University, Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare held a three-day conference focused on the use of tobacco excise taxes to fund expansions in health care access for children and other groups.
February 28, 2000 | Program Result Report
Harvard University School of Public Health designed and fielded original public opinion surveys on health issues and reviewed and synthesized existing surveys conducted by other organizations.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1998 and 1999, the Advocacy Institute, Washington, planned, wrote and distributed 15 reports providing a nonpartisan analysis of issues relevant to five tobacco control proposals that came before the U.S. Senate during the 105th Congress.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention developed strategies for dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation to health care providers.
May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
September 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center examined attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol products in very young children and their relationship to parental attitudes and behavior toward the same products.
February 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
Eric Schnapper, L.L.B., and a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Law established the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Legal Issues Resource Center.
October 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions: 11.5 percent among children age 2-5 years, 17.7 percent among children age 6-11 years and 17.3 percent among children age 12-19 years. Moreover, research h ...
March 26, 2009 | Program Result Report
RWJF established the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids in 1995 and has provided continued support for CTFK since that time.
June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2012 to 2013, researchers at the Center for Outcomes Research and Education examined the impact of childhood trauma on the health of low-income individuals, and began tracking the effects of access to health insurance on their health.