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A Broken Promise to Our Children
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.
Thomas Farley: NewPublicHealth Q&A
January 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Public Health Law Research annual meeting that started yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. ...
Public Health & Tobacco Control – Return on Investment
December 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
How Can We Reduce Tobacco Use?
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. It kills more than 400,000 Americans annually—more than HIV/AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, suicides and fires combined.
Smoking in Movies and Television
April 1, 2011 | Report
This report provides a brief look at how smoking and tobacco use have been depicted in movies and television over the decades and describes a variety of initiatives RWJF has supported to reduce the portrayal of smoking in movies and on television.
More than a Decade of Helping Smokers Quit
April 1, 2011 | Report
This report describes RWJF's work in tobacco-cessation treatment and policy advances, coupled with strategic partnerships with the nation's leading tobacco-control funders and advocates.
Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco
April 1, 2011 | Report
This report provides links to reports about smoking and health from the Surgeon General of the United States going back to 1964.
The Way We Were
April 1, 2011 | Report
This piece has links to tobacco company advertisements going back to 1910 with OMAR Turkish Cigarettes.
IMPACT
April 1, 2011 | Report
The slides in this document show the impact on reducing smoking and smoking-related deaths during RWJF's tobacco-control and cessation work (1993-2010) and also projects figures to 2063. It also charts tax increases and clean air laws and their effect on smoking and smoking-related deaths.
2012 Public Health Law Conference: Innovative Community Policy
October 11, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Cynthia Hallett, executive director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, will speak today about tobacco policies at a Public Health Law Conference session on innovative community policy. The other presenters include Aaron Wernham of the Health Impac ...