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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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, 2001 | Issue Brief
A look back at this pioneering collaborative effort of the Foundation, the American Medical Association (AMA) and statewide coalitions
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
New study finds that current soda tax rates don't deter consumption.
January 28, 2011 | Program Result Report
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
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
Taking a "consumer perspective" to provide more smokers with tobacco-cessation products and services that they find appealing and effective could increase the nation's quit rates. IDEO, an innovative product design firm, identified eight consumer-centered design principles for enhancing smokers' experiences with cessation treatments.
January 1, 2003 | Report
The level of drug use among adolescents in schools has fluctuated over the past 25 years, but illicit drug use reported by seniors rose from 30 percent in 1992 to 41 percent in 2002. This paper examines drug testing in schools as a means of preventi ...
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.
January 12, 2010 | Journal Article
State tobacco-control programs have the potential to reduce tobacco use among youth by preventing them from starting smoking and encouraging smokers to quit or reduce their smoking.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage.