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November 11, 2009 | Program Result
From 2000 to 2006, project staff and consultants at Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke (KIISS), Roseville, Calif., worked with the restaurant industry to increase the number of state and local laws banning smoking in public places.
December 2, 2008 | Program Result
The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation conducted a series of educational and communications activities to increase public awareness of the hazards of secondhand tobacco smoke.
October 4, 2005 | Program Result
The IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition, with the American Lung Association as the lead organization, conducted statewide activities to reduce tobacco use, particularly among children and youth.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., and a team of investigators at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute documented the process by which the New York City Smoke-Free Air Act was enacted and examined its economic impact on the city's restaurant and hotel industries.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, and a subcontractor Northeast Research, a survey research firm, carried out telephone surveys to assess the attitudes and practices of national and local unions regarding worksite smoking policies.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine analyzed the extent to which hospitals nationwide met the new smoke-free requirements.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Officials at the U.S. Public Health Service organized a 1996 conference designed to provide policymakers, women's organizations, and health care professionals with information on the smoking-related health issues facing American women.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result
Staff at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine ran an educational campaign to counter tobacco industry claims about the adverse effects of clean indoor air ordinances on the restaurant business.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
The Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc., Boston, summarized and analyzed litigation developments involving smoking policies in the workplace, specifically the Americans with Disabilities Act and state anti-discrimination laws.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
The University of California, San Francisco, examined the quality of research articles on the health effects of "passive" or environmental tobacco smoke and assessed the potential influence of this research on public and scientific opinion.