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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June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The nonprofit Overview Foundation, Canaan, Conn., carried out an expansion of efforts of its Mountainside Treatment Center to incorporate nicotine dependence into its substance abuse treatment program.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, produced a five-hour Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series on addiction and recovery hosted by Bill Moyers.
January 1, 2008 | Toolkit
Innovators Combating Substance Abuse, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, developed a booklet for the purpose of sharing the program's successful model of addiction art exhibitions with those interested in preventing and controlling substance use disorders in their communities and their families.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute examined access to and utilization of substance abuse services by adolescents in a large, nonprofit health maintenance organization.
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.
June 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation developed self-help and empowerment groups for pregnant and postpartum women with the aim of reducing substance abuse and improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities.
June 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
Between 1993 and 1995, staff at the Center for Addictive Behaviors in Salem, Mass., carried out a planning phase of a project to develop and test a model of coordinated substance abuse treatment services for chronic substance abusers.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The Society of Behavioral Medicine and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco are positioned to lead research so the public health benefits of 1-800-QUIT-NOW on cigarette packs can be monitored, evaluated, and maximized.
December 7, 2012 | Program Result Report
Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse was a program to develop a new cadre of substance abuse prevention, treatment and policy leaders who come from diverse professions, points of view and racial and ethnic backgrounds.
April 1, 2011 | Report
This report provides a brief look at how smoking and tobacco use have been depicted in movies and television over the decades and describes a variety of initiatives RWJF has supported to reduce the portrayal of smoking in movies and on television.