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November 30, 2011 | Report
A report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement dollars finds that of the $25.6 billion collected in tobacco revenue, only 1.8 percent—$456.7 million—will be spent by states on programs to prevent kids from smoking and to help smokers quit.
February 29, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at the Multnomah County Health Department examined the prevalence of NNK among nonsmoking Oregon bar and restaurant workers in establishments where smoking was permitted and in those where it was prohibited.
December 3, 2008 | Program Result
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January 1, 2009 | Chart
RWJF chartbook chronicles achievements and remaining challenges in preventing tobacco use.
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.
April 1, 2011 | Report
This report reviews the history, scope and impact of smoke-free air laws across the country, their growing popularity and the contributions made by a number of organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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.
January 11, 2007 | Commentary/Story
Philadelphia is finally getting a breath of fresh air. However, in a guest column in The Philadelphia Inquirer, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., says much more needs to be done to reduce tobacco's toll in the city and throughout Pennsylvania.
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., conducted surveys that compared tobacco policies in four demographically similar countries to understand the impact of national-level policies on smoking behavior.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From July 2002 to July 2005, staff from the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the United Nations (UN) Medical Services Division collaborated to develop a worksite health promotion program, with a particular focus on smoking cessation, for employees at UN headquarters.