Tobacco Use and Exposure
Grants and Contracts

Academy for Educational Development Inc.

Washington, DC

$50,000—Promoting multifunder collaboration to put evidence-based tobacco cessation into practice (for 2 years).
ID 51660

Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care

Initiative intended to integrate effective tobacco treatment as part of the basic health care provided by managed care organizations.

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School

    Madison, WI

    $500,000—Technical assistance and direction for Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care (1 year).
    ID 48083

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation

Berkeley, CA

$1,500,000—Enhancing and sustaining smoke-free environments (for 3 years).
ID 48090

National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids®

National campaign to reduce youth tobacco use through the establishment of a center that develops a national strategy, serves as a media center, provides technical assistance, and broadens organizational support to reduce youth tobacco use.

  • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

    Washington, DC

    $14,000,000—(3 years).
    ID 47346

Partners with Tobacco Use Research Centers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Science and Policy Studies

Program launched by NCI/NIDA to apply and integrate advances in molecular biology, neuroscience, genetics and behavioral science to the challenge of tobacco control, focusing on the significant knowledge gaps that stand in the way of developing more effective strategies for reducing tobacco use in the United States.

Program Sites

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School

    Madison, WI

    $199,704—(14 months).
    ID 52570

Other Program Activities

  • University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

    Chicago, IL

    $723,520—Technical assistance and direction for Partners with Tobacco Use Research Centers (2 years).
    ID 48087

Policy Advocacy on Tobacco and Health: An Initiative to Build Capacity in Communities of Color for Tobacco Policy Change

Initiative to provide resources for community-based organizations and tribal groups interested in implementing effective tobacco prevention and cessation policy initiatives.

  • The Praxis Project Inc.

    Washington, DC

    $55,755—Additional evaluation activities for Policy Advocacy on Tobacco and Health (1 year).
    ID 51061

Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society

Atlanta, GA

$17,900—Developing and distributing a CD-ROM to educate certified athletic trainers about the health risks of spit tobacco use (for 2 years).
ID 47853

Smoke-Free Families: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy

Program to reduce rates of smoking in families by supporting research to develop and evaluate effective new interventions to help women quit smoking before, during and after pregnancy.

Program Sites

  • Children’s Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    $250,000—Studying a pediatric office-based smoking cessation program (2 years).
    ID 51908

  • Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

    Atlanta, GA

    $180,617—Evaluating the characteristics, costs and potential for relapse in low-income pregnant smokers (2 years).
    ID 51797

  • General Hospital Corporation–Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    $249,864—Studying the use of bupropion for smoking cessation in postpartum women (2 years).
    ID 51794

    $250,000—Testing the feasibility and efficacy of a tobacco control strategy for parents of newborns (2 years).
    ID 51803

    $100,000—Exploring the role of mood, provider communication and risk perceptions on pregnant women’s tobacco use (1 year).
    ID 51805

  • University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

    Chicago, IL

    $116,561—Studying predictors of successful smoking cessation in pregnant women (1 year).
    ID 51804

  • University of Minnesota School of Public Health

    Minneapolis, MN

    $250,000—Assessing the influence of health confidantes on reducing smoking and tobacco exposure during pregnancy (2 years).
    ID 51798

  • Miriam Hospital

    Providence, RI

    $250,000—Comparison of the efficacy of two nurse-delivered smoking cessation interventions among Latino parents of children with asthma (2 years).
    ID 51800

  • University of Missouri–Columbia, Charles and Josie Smith Sinclair School of Nursing

    Columbia, MO

    $49,946—Studying the influence male partners have on smoking cessation among pregnant women (18 months).
    ID 51415

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing

    Chapel Hill, NC

    $50,000—Studying procedural feasibility of a smoking resumption/prevention intervention for pregnant and postpartum women (2 years).
    ID 51796

  • Oklahoma State University College of Arts & Sciences

    Stillwater, OK

    $49,994—Study of an intervention to reduce home environmental tobacco exposure for hospitalized children (2 years).
    ID 51413

  • Oregon State University College of Health and Human Services

    Corvallis, OR

    $51,467—Studying factors associated with postpartum smoking relapse (2 years).
    ID 51414

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, RI

    $199,996—Studying the relationship among sleep problems, mood and postpartum smoking relapse (2 years).
    ID 51799

  • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

    Rochester, NY

    $250,000—Studying the feasibility of brief smoking cessation counseling of parents in pediatric settings to reduce tobacco smoke exposure of young children (2 years).
    ID 51792

  • University of Vermont Department of Psychiatry

    Burlington, VT

    $130,790—Examining nicotine withdrawal and craving as predictors of relapse in pregnant and recently postpartum smokers (2 years).
    ID 51801

Other Program Activities

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

    Birmingham, AL

    $494,701—Technical assistance and direction for Smoke-Free Families (1 year).
    ID 48079

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

    Chapel Hill, NC

    $504,952—Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office (1 year).
    ID 50926

    $779,939—Smoke-Free Families National Dissemination Office (1 year).
    ID 51592

SmokeLess States®: National Tobacco Policy Initiative

Program that supports development and implementation of comprehensive statewide strategies to reduce tobacco use through education, treatment and policy initiatives.

  • American Cancer Society Inc., Great West Division, Inc.

    Seattle, WA

    $205,419—(8 months).
    ID 50428

  • American Cancer Society Inc., Ohio Division, Inc.

    Dublin, OH

    $230,252—(6 months).
    ID 50374

  • American Heart Association Inc., Pacific Mountain Affiliate

    Seattle, WA

    $300,000—(8 months).
    ID 50844

  • American Lung Association of Georgia

    Smyrna, GA

    $192,293—(8 months).
    ID 50842

  • Families Under Urban and Social Attack Inc.

    Houston, TX

    $145,747—(3 months).
    ID 52176

  • PTA Texas Congress

    Austin, TX

    $28,653—(9 months).
    ID 50650

Smokescreen Corporation

Washington, DC

$115,362—Compiling and disseminating tobacco control news (for 1 year).
ID 51736

Substance Abuse Policy Research Program

Program to encourage experts in public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice, economics, psychology, and other behavioral and policy sciences to address issues related to substance abuse.

Program Sites

  • Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

    Waltham, MA

    $99,933—Evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy to prevent the sale of tobacco products to minors (18 months).
    ID 50500

    $69,997—Assessing the impact of cultural competence on preventing illegal tobacco sales to minors (15 months).
    ID 51550

  • Center for Social Gerontology

    Ann Arbor, MI

    $96,756—Effects of cigarette taxes on the smoking behaviors and health of older Americans (15 months).
    ID 52325

  • Colorado State University College of Business

    Fort Collins, CO

    $99,917—Developing effective tobacco counteradvertising strategies aimed at bicultural Mexican-American youth (22 months).
    ID 50502

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute Inc.

    Boston, MA

    $399,792—Identifying facilitators and impediments to adopting U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for smoking cessation treatment (3 years).
    ID 51533

  • Duke University Center for Health Policy, Law and Management

    Durham, NC

    $399,997—Studying the barriers to smoking cessation among mature smokers (3 years).
    ID 49979

  • University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration

    Chicago, IL

    $99,791—Studying the impact of public policy on the demand for smokeless tobacco (2 years).
    ID 50501

  • University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers

    Chicago, IL

    $97,653—Studying the role of peer effects in problem drinking and tobacco use on college campuses (18 months).
    ID 50504

  • University of Kentucky Research Foundation

    Lexington, KY

    $241,790—Examining the effects of smoke-free laws on employee turnover and training costs (2 years).
    ID 51535

  • University of Missouri–Columbia College of Arts and Science

    Columbia, MO

    $17,544—Estimating the effects of campaign finance reforms on state alcohol and tobacco policies (1 year).
    ID 52163

  • Multnomah County Health Department

    Portland, OR

    $99,996—Studying the impact of clean indoor air law exemptions on nonsmoking workers (1 year).
    ID 51714

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health

    Chapel Hill, NC

    $69,211—Understanding sociodemographic and policy factors that influence adult smokers to purchase cigarettes from Internet cigarette vendors (19 months).
    ID 51031

  • Research Triangle Institute

    Research Triangle Park, NC

    $363,287—Evaluating the effects of tobacco control budget cuts on tobacco-related outcomes among Florida youth (26 months).
    ID 51529

  • The Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, SC

    $99,854—Measuring the public health impact of increased access to potential reduced exposure products for smokers (2 years).
    ID 51622

  • Tobacco Control Resource Center Inc.

    Boston, MA

    $27,942—Research and analysis of the U.S. Department of Justice RICO lawsuit against the tobacco industry (6 months).
    ID 51910

Other Program Activities

  • Center for Creative Leadership

    Greensboro, NC

    $749,034—Technical assistance and direction for the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (1 year).
    ID 49809

Tobacco Policy Change: A Collaborative for Healthier Communities and States

Program provides resources and technical assistance for community, regional and national organizations and tribal groups interested in advocating for effective tobacco prevention and cessation policy initiatives.

Program Sites

  • Alaska Native Health Board

    Anchorage, AK

    $68,051—Promoting expansion of Medicaid coverage to include tobacco dependence treatment (1 year).
    ID 52402

  • American Cancer Society Inc., Hawaii Pacific, Inc.

    Honolulu, HI

    $150,000—Promoting an increase in smoke-free workplaces and protection of Master Settlement funds for tobacco control (1 year).
    ID 52389

  • American Cancer Society Inc., Ohio Division, Inc.

    Dublin, OH

    $150,000—Educational campaign to increase tobacco taxes, protect tobacco prevention funds and reduce tobacco use among minority populations (1 year).
    ID 52393

  • American Lung Association of Georgia

    Smyrna, GA

    $80,000—Recruiting, educating and training advocates to achieve a goal of smoke-free public places and places of employment(1 year).
    ID 52394

  • American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa

    Springfield, IL

    $138,900—Public awareness campaign to increase the number of smoke-free communities in Illinois (1 year).
    ID 52404

  • American Lung Association of New Hampshire

    Bedford, NH

    $75,000—Promoting clean indoor air policies in New Hampshire that ensure all workplaces are covered and anti-preemption language is avoided (1 year).
    ID 52388

  • Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, WI

    $50,000—Organizing communities of color and others to advocate for clean indoor air policies (1 year).
    ID 52395

  • Boys & Girls Club of Northern Arapaho Tribe

    Riverton, WY

    $50,000—Strengthening education and advocacy within the Native American community to reduce smoking and the effects of secondhand smoke (1 year).
    ID 52396

  • California Tobacco Control Alliance

    Sacramento, CA

    $50,000—Educational campaign to promote insurance coverage of tobacco cessation treatment (1 year).
    ID 52405

  • Center for MultiCultural Health

    Seattle, WA

    $50,000—Eliminating secondhand smoke exposure by supporting clean indoor air policies and using Master Settlement funds for tobacco prevention and cessation (1 year).
    ID 52406

  • Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance

    Denver, CO

    $149,500—Increasing the number of smoke-free sites in the Denver metropolitan region through collaborative educational activities (1 year).
    ID 52403

  • Families Under Urban and Social Attack Inc.

    Houston, TX

    $100,502—Collaborative activities to educate the public and policy-makers about the benefits of clean indoor air policies (1 year).
    ID 52391

  • Greater Cleveland Health Education and Service Council Inc.

    Cleveland, OH

    $104,932—Promoting clean indoor air in the greater Cleveland area (1 year).
    ID 52381

  • The Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey, Inc.

    Lawrenceville, NJ

    $150,000—Increasing public debate and demand for smoke-free environments and advancing state and local smoke-free policies (1 year).
    ID 52385

  • Kentucky ACTION, Inc.

    Louisville, KY

    $150,000—Enlisting the help of the African-American and faith communities in a campaign to increase Kentucky’s tobacco tax (1 year).
    ID 52401

  • University of Kentucky Research Foundation

    Lexington, KY

    $150,000—Providing clean indoor air policy resources and technical assistance to policy-makers and health advocates (1 year).
    ID 52392

  • MedChi Foundation Inc.

    Baltimore, MD

    $76,214—Providing policy education and grassroots outreach to encourage enactment of smoke-free air laws in Maryland (1 year).
    ID 52398

  • Medical Foundation Inc.

    Boston, MA

    $49,997—Building public support and increased funding for tobacco cessation programs in Boston (1 year).
    ID 52386

  • Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

    Onamia, MN

    $47,960—Advocacy and information dissemination for the enactment of policies and procedures to reduce commercial tobacco use at cultural events (1 year).
    ID 52390

  • Mission City Community Network Inc.

    North Hills, CA

    $49,998—Promoting tobacco-free policies to reduce daily exposure to secondhand smoke among low-income people (1 year).
    ID 52382

  • North Carolina Pediatric Society Foundation

    Raleigh, NC

    $53,000—Promoting an increased tobacco tax to prevent tobacco use initiation and encourage tobacco cessation (1 year).
    ID 52397

  • Partnership of African American Churches Inc.

    Institute, WV

    $51,000—Influencing tobacco use and prevention policy development by addressing issues that affect communities of color in West Virginia (1 year).
    ID 52400

  • Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc.

    City of Industry, CA

    $108,635—Comprehensive campus-based effort to reduce tobacco use, sales, and events, and to increase cessation treatment (1 year).
    ID 52383

  • Sociedad Latina Inc.

    Roxbury, MA

    $46,500—Mobilizing youth and families to campaign against the use of unregulated tobacco advertising practices directed at schoolchildren by local merchants (1 year).
    ID 52384

  • Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc.

    Washington, DC

    $50,000—Increasing the involvement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities in clean air campaigns in Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minnesota (1 year).
    ID 52399

Other Program Activities

  • Communications Project

    Multiple Contractors

    $169,350—Technical assistance and direction for the Foundation’s tobacco policy advocacy work (2 years).
    ID 51386

  • Carla Freeman

    Las Vegas, NV

    $134,941—Consulting and technical assistance for the Foundation’s tobacco policy advocacy work (1 year).
    ID 51383

  • Kathleen Jerome

    Florence, MA

    $125,937—Consulting and technical assistance for the Foundation’s tobacco policy advocacy work (1 year).
    ID 51385

  • Denis J. Prager, Ph.D.

    Portage, WI

    $61,382—Consulting for the Foundation’s work in tobacco (1 year).
    ID 51308

  • Jerry Spegman

    Portland, OR

    $130,405—Consulting and technical assistance for the Foundation’s tobacco policy advocacy work (1 year).
    ID 51384


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