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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National Program
To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Pyramid Communications, a communications and public affairs company based in Seattle, facilitated a two-day substance abuse prevention conference, "Prevention 2000: Moving Effective Programs into Practice."
January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
The Michigan Public Health Institute organized a media briefing to enhance dissemination of research findings published in the Spring 1995 issue of Tobacco Control related to nicotine manipulation in moist snuff products.
December 6, 2012 | Report
This year, our report finds that states continue to spend only a miniscule portion of their tobacco revenues to fight tobacco use.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Taking a "consumer perspective" to provide more smokers with tobacco-cessation products and services that they find appealing and effective could increase the nation's quit rates. IDEO, an innovative product design firm, identified eight consumer-centered design principles for enhancing smokers' experiences with cessation treatments.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
North Bay Health Resources Center assessed the effectiveness of a community-driven deterrence strategy to increase merchant perception of risk, influence store owners and clerks to obey state tobacco sales laws, and reduce tobacco sales to minors.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The American Lung Association of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails, Sacramento, convened a conference to disseminate lessons learned by experienced tobacco control officials in California.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry worked to revise their prototype patient education program - Video Doctor - so that patients can operate it independently in their physicians' offices.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Woodland Community Development Corporation developed a project that provides inner-city children in Camden, N.J., ages 5-14, with tutoring and enrichment activities in an effort to delay their experimentation with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Jewish Outreach Program, a New York City organization that supports North American Jews in their faith, conducted an antismoking campaign called the Shabbat Smokeout.