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 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention updated educational information and tools in a revised tobacco cessation treatment guideline, created new ones, and disseminated them to clinicians and consumers to spur the guideline's widespread use.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The University of California assessed the costs and effectiveness of a one-year, comprehensive, smoking cessation treatment benefit in independent practice association/network-model health maintenance organizations.
August 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
RWJF supported two projects designed to promote the use of evidence-based tobacco-cessation treatments and services.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, the North American Quitline Consortium, Oakland, Calif., worked to maximize the number of smokers who quit and to ensure the financial sustainability of quitlines.
January 1, 2011 | Toolkit
This guide provides information on methods to quit smoking such as counseling, medications, combination methods and hypnosis, along with information about how well they work, how much each costs to quit, whether insurance covers it and where a smoker can get each method.
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.
March 7, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington, convened the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative whose aim is to coordinate the efforts of major national funders involved in designing and disseminating effective youth cessation programs.
January 1, 2006 | Presentation Material
On February 1 and 2, 2006, an invited group of leading tobacco-cessation researchers, funders, policy-makers and practitioners gathered for the Second Roundtable on Innovations in Building Consumer Demand for Tobacco-Cessation Products and Services.
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In 2001, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Middleton, Wis., working in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), unveiled a Web-based database on tobacco dependence treatment.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., developed a system for treating tobacco use and dependence as a chronic disease, along with a planning guide for its implementation in a clinical setting.