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To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume VIII
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology
The SmokeLess States Program
Published: 2005
This chapter describes SmokeLess States®: National Tobacco Policy Initiative, one of the largest investments made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with $99 million authorized in grants since 1992. Primarily, grants were awarded to non-governmental organizations, with the intention that they would educate the public and policy-makers about the tobacco problem. Two features about the program are significant: (1) the Foundation encouraged its grantees to be activists; (2) advocacy was emphasized to bring about policy change. The program relied heavily on three major health voluntary organizations: the American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. They provided financial support and, in particular, funds to help lobbying efforts which the Foundation could not support directly. In addition to insight on the effects of advocacy, this chapter offers a window into the role of coalitions in bringing about social change. The program ended in 2004 and its lasting impact has yet to be determined.
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Listed below is one grant that supported this project.
| Grant | Awarded to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's SmokeLess States program |
American Medical Association (Chicago, IL) ID#: 041750 http://www.ama-assn.org/ |
Actual award: $1,902,161 January 2003 to June 2004 This grant has ended. |
RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.