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December 5, 2012 | Journal Article
While taxes have helped reduce tobacco use—the single largest cause of death in the United States—by more than 50 percent since the mid-1960s, tobacco use has been largely unchanged for the past 20 years.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. States collect billions of dollars in tobacco revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxeswith less than two cents of every dollar going to fight tobacco use.
March 19, 2009 | News Release
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, president, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
November 28, 2005 | Program Result Report
The University of Michigan School of Public Health analyzed the knowledge and opinions of grassroots tobacco control activists and tobacco researchers and scientists regarding tobacco harm reduction.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
St. Peter's Medical Center and the American Society of Addiction Medicine held two conferences to explore the implications of products that claimed to deliver nicotine to smokers more safely than cigarettes.
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.
April 1, 2011 | Report
This timeline of major tobacco events in the United States runs from World War II to 2010.
April 1, 2010 | Report/Video
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded initiative helps increase smoker awareness of smoking cessation options.
November 12, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined whether support for tobacco control policies varies by demographic group, including nativity status (i.e., immigrant versus U.S. born).
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.