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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August 2, 2012 | 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.
January 12, 2009 | Program Result
Policy Advocacy on Tobacco and Health (PATH), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), implemented a comprehensive strategy to strengthen minority-led, community-based coalitions that engage in tobacco policy change in communities of color.
September 10, 2007 | Program Result
Native Americans suffer disproportionately compared with other groups in the United States from diseases and death due to alcohol, drugs and substance abuse.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Cherokee Nation tribal health department established a project designed to enhance the protective factors that would help keep young people away from substance abuse.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The White Mountain Apache Tribe organized "cluster" groups of people with similar interests as a way to find solutions to community problems, especially in the area of substance abuse.
October 1, 2003 | 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.
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.