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 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
Staff at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine ran an educational campaign to counter tobacco industry claims about the adverse effects of clean indoor air ordinances on the restaurant business.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The University of California, San Diego conducted two longitudinal surveys designed primarily to study the roles of tobacco marketing and of parenting in the smoking uptake process among adolescents.
March 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The University of Illinois at Chicago examined the similarities and differences among predictors of different stages of smoking for adolescents: abstinence, trying, experimentation, regular use.
May 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The University of Colorado, Denver, evaluated Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT), a nationwide volunteer effort to reduce underage smoking.
December 3, 2008 | Program Result Report
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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.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study investigated sociodemographic disparities in alcohol environments and their relationship with adolescent drinking.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Common Cause Education Fund produced and disseminated 12 state reports that document the tobacco industry's campaign contributions and lobbying efforts and the success or failure of tobacco-control efforts at the state level from February 2002 through July 2003.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Investigators at University of Pennsylvania's Treatment Research Institute and the Alcohol Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley (analyzed the impact of managed care on substance abuse treatment.
January 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Cancer Prevention and Control Center at Boston University Medical Center convened a conference at which representatives from four states that had passed tobacco tax initiatives discussed issues they had faced.