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.
You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 10 results
November 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
For two decades Join Together served as a national resource center for local substance abuse initiatives, and promoted policies that enhance prevention and treatment. The Partnership at Drugfree.org is now the portal for these resources.
March 31, 2011 | Program Result Report
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
December 9, 2010 | Program Result Report
In 2005 tobacco control leaders formed the Consumer Demand Roundtable to shift the tobacco control field to seeing smokers as consumers of cessation products and services by making treatments more appealing and consumer friendly.
December 17, 2009 | Video
Three videos offer interviews with addiction, prevention and treatment leaders, document grantees' contributions and provide key lessons learned in the field.
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.
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at Miriam Hospital conducted a study to test the feasibility of using a point-of-care computer system to assess patient risk of smoking or physical inactivity and assist physicians with appropriate counseling.
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.
August 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
RWJF supported two projects designed to promote the use of evidence-based tobacco-cessation treatments and services.
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
Between 1996 and 1997, Join Together, an organization at Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, developed the first national tobacco control World Wide Web site.