July 1, 2004
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Logicon/ROW Sciences, a Rockville, Md.-based health care research and consulting company, organized "The First Conference on Menthol Cigarettes: Setting the Research Agenda," March 21-22, 2002 in Atlanta.
April 1, 1997
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The University of Illinois at Chicago studied the effect on smoking by youth if all cigarette packages were a standard color with black printing giving only the brand name, contents, and a health warning.
December 1, 2003
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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 1, 2001
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A working group of experts in the field of substance abuse research met at RWJF in a series of meetings in 1997.
May 31, 2000
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The National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed data of surveys of students and found that higher cigarette excise taxes would result in substantial reductions in smoking among teenagers and young adults.
May 31, 2000
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In August 1995, the FDA proposed a rule to give it the power to regulate certain tobacco products containing nicotine on the basis that they meet the legal definition of drugs under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
August 1, 2006
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Between November 1999 and October 2003, K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., and colleagues at Health Research Incorporated, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division (Buffalo, N.Y.) surveyed adult smokers to document consumer understanding and misperceptions about:
September 1, 2006
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Rutgers University analyzed longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study to compare patterns of cigarette smoking over time among African-American and White males from childhood to young adulthood.
June 20, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health surveyed 591 tobacco cessation programs for young people, evaluated 41 programs, and described programs that were sustained.
May 24, 2012
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The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center works with health professional organizations and institutions to increase their members' motivation and capability to assist smokers in quitting.