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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November 30, 2011 | Report
A report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement dollars finds that of the $25.6 billion collected in tobacco revenue, only 1.8 percent—$456.7 million—will be spent by states on programs to prevent kids from smoking and to help smokers quit.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In November 2008, a national workgroup released a call for ACTTION (Access to Cessation Treatment for Tobacco In Our Nation): An Action Plan to Address the Lack of Access to Tobacco-Use Treatment. This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
February 8, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Victor DeNoble: Nicotine is actually vaporized—when you puff on a cigarette it becomes a droplet and then a gas and it goes into your lungs, and it’s a drug delivery device because the sole objective of smoking is to deliver nicotine and acetaldehyd ...
July 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care supported evaluations of replicable efforts by managed care organizations to integrate effective tobacco-cessation interventions into everyday clinical practice and the basic health care these organizations provide.
National Program
Effective tobacco treatment as part of basic health care.
September 23, 2005 | Presentation Material/Program Result Report
In September 2005, a meeting was organized by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to discuss the results of the Foundation's national program, Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care.
November 18, 2008 | Report
The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Ten Years Later
September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery worked to strengthen the capacity of African-American community organizations to address alcohol and tobacco control.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2001, the Advocacy Institute, Washington, developed an advanced leadership program for state and local advocates in tobacco control.
January 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
Battelle Memorial Institute carried out 10 in-depth ethnographic studies that supplemented a study of vendor compliance with laws restricting minors' access to tobacco conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office on Smoking and Health.