States Slash Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Budgets

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.

A new report, funded by RWJF, and Q&A on NewPublicHealth.org examine states' allocation of tobacco settlement dollars.
An RWJF two-page brief explores prevention strategies to stop young people from smoking, help smokers quit and protect against secondhand smoke.
Fast Fact: Counting both state funds and federal grants, only Alaska and North Dakota currently fund tobacco prevention programs at CDC-recommended levels. Read more Fast Facts.

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This is the agenda for the June 19, 2013 RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America public meeting.

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The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships which are helping people live healthier lives. The six winners w...

The reconvened Commission to Build a Healthier America will provide new guidance in two key areas: early childhood and healthy communities.

Mildred Dalton Manning, the last surviving member of a group of U.S. Army and Navy nurses taken prisoner in the Philippines at the start of ...

Community college students in New Mexico will be able to remain in their home communities and complete BSNs through the collaborative effort...

The full list of commissioners for the re-convened Commission to Build a Healthier America, led by Mark McClellan and Alice Rivlin.

Pioneer Program Officer Lori Melichar discusses using social network insights to solve perplexing health and health care problems.

A new study in the American Journal of Public Health found that there are laws dealing with traumatic brain injuries in youth sports in 44 s...

A study finds that 96 percent of nurse practitioners and 76 percent of physicians agreed with IOM report recommendation that “nurse practiti...