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April 10, 2012 | Program Result Report
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
October 8, 2010 | Program Result Report
From November 2005 to March 2010, the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund led a coalition of six tobacco control groups named as "public health intervenors" in a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against tobacco companies.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
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 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Center for Media Education tracked and analyzed tobacco and alcohol companies' online marketing practices with special appeal to youth. It also conducted public education on these practices targeted towards the health and public policy communities, and the press.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Morse Enterprises organized a series of three, day-long invitational conferences to raise the issue of tobacco divestment among African-American leaders.
May 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Two program contracts from RWJF helped the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets to mount an educational and media compaign aimed a reducing smoking among youth.
October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Prospect Associates conducted a study of the feasibility, scope, and potential benefits of establishing a relationship with Major League Soccer for the purpose of promoting smoking prevention among youth.
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology, written by Leonard Koppett, a baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter, chronicles how Joe Garagiola led an effort that changed the way Major League Baseball viewed and responded to the problems of spit tobacco.
March 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Hospital Educational Research Trust, Chicago, co-sponsored two Leadership Action Forums designed to foster effective collaboration between the public and private sectors that would result in improved community health.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. wrote, produced and disseminated an activities and curriculum guide to help teach high school students about public health threats, issues, and practices.