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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January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter describes SmokeLess States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative, one of the largest investments made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with $99 million authorized in grants since 1992.
December 30, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Tobacco Etiology Research Network was a transdisciplinary research network that focused on etiology of tobacco use and dependence.
November 12, 2004 | Program Result Report
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 | Book
The Center for Tobacco-Free Kids was created in 1995 to develop and promote a national strategy to reduce smoking by young people and to be a focal point for communicating with the media.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
Morse Enterprises organized a series of three, day-long invitational conferences to raise the issue of tobacco divestment among African-American leaders.