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January 8, 2012 | Story
Study adds to the collection of RWJF-funded research briefs, journal articles and other resources related to sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.
August 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
A research team at the University of Southern Mississippi with collaborators at other universities, increased and disseminated knowledge and information about state and local public health financing and its impact on population health.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Taxes alone won't have much impact on reducing obesity.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, the North American Quitline Consortium, Oakland, Calif., worked to maximize the number of smokers who quit and to ensure the financial sustainability of quitlines.
January 4, 2011 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The study finds that raising the cost of alcohol effectively reduces drinking across the broad population of drinkers.
February 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1997, the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, carried out a Tobacco Tax Education Project to educate the public about the health benefits of increasing tobacco taxes.
January 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Cancer Prevention and Control Center at Boston University Medical Center convened a conference at which representatives from four states that had passed tobacco tax initiatives discussed issues they had faced.
October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Brandeis University, Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare held a three-day conference focused on the use of tobacco excise taxes to fund expansions in health care access for children and other groups.