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, 2010 | Journal Article
The Institute of Medicine recommends that children expend 50 percent of their daily energy while in school. This study investigated associations between physical education requirements, physical activity, and body weight using a nationally representative sample of U.S. students
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invests in research aimed at halting the rise in childhood obesity. This article examined whether changes in the availability of unhealthy foods accompanied important school health initiatives from 2004-2007.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this study, researchers examined changes in children's and adolescents' total exposure to food advertising.
August 1, 2010 | Report
While policies have improved, many guidelines for competitive foods and beverages do not comply with federal mandate or national standards.
July 7, 2010 | Journal Article
The "persistently overweight"?those who are overweight in high school and continue to rapidly gain weight into midlife?are likely to have a no higher education, have a chronic health problem and receive public assistance at age 40, according to a nationwide study.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study shows the importance of smoking cessation, but also demonstrates the importance of all three parts—quit attempts, increased treatment use and increased treatment effectiveness—play in reducing smoking prevalence.
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
New study finds that current soda tax rates don't deter consumption.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In a special supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, authors who participated in the Consumer Demand Roundtable discuss how Americans can do a better job moving smokers from the periphery to center stage in designing and implementing tobacco-control policies and treatments.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Combining cessation treatment policies could increase quit rates much more than if the policies were implemented individually.This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This paper provides the analytic framework that guides two subsequent papers in this special supplement that use computer simulation modeling to show how these specific policies (and others) can impact reductions in smoking prevalence.