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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October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The White Mountain Apache Tribe organized "cluster" groups of people with similar interests as a way to find solutions to community problems, especially in the area of substance abuse.
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.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 2001 and 2002, Morse Enterprises, a communications and information brokerage company, Silver Spring, Md., worked to pursue a national strategy for tobacco control in minority communities.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Norton Sound Health Corporation (an Alaskan Native health care organization) provided training in substance abuse counseling and prevention to paraprofessional, village-based counselors.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 2000, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released revised guidelines for clinical and community tobacco cessation interventions that have the potential to reduce smoking rates nationally.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School analyzed the effectiveness of standard prescribed protocols used to determine whether merchants comply with laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The University of Massachusetts Medical Center evaluated the implementation of the Synar Amendment, which required states seeking federal substance abuse block grants to enact and enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors.
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.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1998, investigators at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health conducted a comprehensive nationwide review of the extent to which states passed and enforced laws that restrict tobacco sales to youth. RWJF provided a $196,691 grant for the study.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Investigators at Harvard University School of Public Health studied the effects of college and community policies on drinking, smoking and related problems among college students.