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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July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Pennsylvania conducted a national telephone survey that assessed how well adolescents understand the risks of smoking. Princeton Survey Research Associates surveyed 300 smokers and 300 nonsmokers aged 14 to 22.
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
In 1999, Pyramid Communications, Inc., Seattle, planned and implemented a tobacco prevention conference - "New Partnerships and Paradigms for Tobacco Prevention Research."
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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.