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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September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Pharmacotherapies for smoking reduction and cessation can play a vital role in helping individuals quit smoking. This article summarizes the current rates of smoking and smoking-related disease in the United States, outlines the projected benefits o ...
September 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Partners With Tobacco Use Research Centers helped translate the research findings of the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURCs) into policy and practice.
July 23, 2009 | Story
Paul N. Samuels, JD, has been a leading legal advocate for sensible national and state policies aimed at reducing drug and alcohol abuse.
July 23, 2009 | Story
James Prochaska, PhD, has been recognized (along with Innovator Carlo C. DiClemente) for his work illuminating how addicted people change in their interest and ability to achieve abstinence.
July 23, 2009 | Story
DiClemente used his Innovators award to analyze factors that predict progress and relapse in substance abuse treatment. He studied substance abusers attending community-based treatment programs in Baltimore County to examine those factors.
July 23, 2009 | Story
William R. Miller, PhD, introduced "motivational interviewing" into the field of substance abuse treatment. It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.
August 4, 2008 | Story
Hahn hoped to use her fellowship to develop coalitions with other tobacco control advocates around the country and tobacco policy researchers from southern states.
January 1, 2005 | Book
In this chapter, the author chronicles the entire array of Foundation programs, from the early 1990s to the present day, aimed at reducing smoking in the United States.
January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter describes SmokeLess States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative, one of the largest investments made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with $99 million authorized in grants since 1992.
September 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Social Workers National Research and Education Fund, Washington, convened a national conference in 1999 for social workers on alcohol and other drug use and abuse and the implications for clinical treatment and prevention.