Why Women Smoke
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.
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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Teens Receive Daily Media Messages to Smoke but Can Be Influenced Otherwise
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.
Alternative Employment Opportunities Would Offset Loss of Tobacco-Production Jobs
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.
Coordinating Committee Fights to Prevent Tobacco Use by Youth
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.
Tobacco Marketing Linked to Start of Adolescent Smoking
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.
Treat Teen Smoking as Problem Behavior, Not Health Issue, Research Says
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.
Smoke Screen
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.
The Attitudes of Tobacco Farmers Change with the Times
January 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Center for Sustainable Systems Inc., Berea, Ky., assessed the opinions of both tobacco farmers and members of the general public concerning the current debate about tobacco policy options.
Adolescents Progress from Experimental to Regular Tobacco Use for Varied Reasons
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.
SMOKESCREEN
February 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1996, a fellow at the Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, documented a 35-year campaign by the tobacco industry to de-emphasize evidence of the health effects of tobacco.