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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May 3, 2011 | Program Result
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.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York was initially formed to help find employment for the surviving workers of Windows on the World.
February 23, 2006 | Program Result
The Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health designed and ran Health Link, which provided in-jail and post-release services to women and adolescent inmates ages 16 to 18 at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From July 2002 to July 2005, staff from the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the United Nations (UN) Medical Services Division collaborated to develop a worksite health promotion program, with a particular focus on smoking cessation, for employees at UN headquarters.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., and a team of investigators at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute documented the process by which the New York City Smoke-Free Air Act was enacted and examined its economic impact on the city's restaurant and hotel industries.
April 30, 2000 | Program Result
The Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, sponsored a 1998 conference "Teen Leadership Institute on Drug Issues."
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
George Washington University assessed the extent of implementation of the federal Synar Amendment and described the factors influencing its implementation at the federal and state levels.
March 31, 2007 | Program Result
From December 2004 to April 2006, five diverse projects explored issues that impact training and education for frontline health care workers.
August 31, 1998 | Program Result
SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc., New York, carried out a project to purchase a smokefree advertising campaign on the roofs of New York City taxi cabs.
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.