June 20, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health surveyed 591 tobacco cessation programs for young people, evaluated 41 programs, and described programs that were sustained.
April 10, 2012
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Program Result
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).
March 17, 2011
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Program Result
A national study of 2,582 smokers ages 16 to 24, provides insights into whether young smokers tried to quit, the methods they used in trying to quit and factors that would predict their quitting patterns and success rates.
January 28, 2011
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Program Result
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
May 25, 2010
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Program Result
Since 1995, RWJF has invested more than $77 million in major programs to increase the use of clinically proven tobacco-dependence treatments as one part of its broader policy-based efforts to prevent and reduce population tobacco use.
July 14, 2009
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Program Result
From 1993 to 2004, SmokeLess States: Statewide Tobacco Prevention and Control Initiative supported statewide efforts to reduce tobacco use, particularly among children and youth.
March 27, 2009
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Program Result
In 2005, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and leaders from many different religious denominations launched a national campaign - Faith United Against Tobacco - to mobilize the faith community across the country to support proven solutions to reduce smoking.
March 27, 2009
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Program Result
Vincent DeMarco, J.D., M.A., president of Maryland Citizen's Health Initiative, first worked with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids more than a decade ago.
March 27, 2009
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Program Result
Each year the Campaign honors top youth advocates from across the country - youth who have fought hard to promote tobacco-control legislation in their home states, reduce tobacco marketing to young people in their communities and stop their peers from using tobacco.
March 26, 2009
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Program Result
RWJF established the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids in 1995 and has provided continued support for CTFK since that time.
