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Each year the Foundation and our grantees produce materials that reflect our philanthropic investments. Below is a sampling—books, book chapters, journal articles, reports, audiovisuals and newsletters—produced in 2004. Copies may not be available throughthe Foundation.

Biener L, Ji M, et al. “The Impact of Emotional Tone, Message, and Broadcast Parameters in Youth Anti-smoking Advertisements.” Journal of Health Communication, 9(3): 259–274, 2004. Available at: www.gwu.edu/~cih/journal/contents/V9/N3/abstracts_v9n3.htm.

In the context of controversy regarding the optimal characteristics of anti-smoking advertisements for youth, this study examines the impact on recall and perceived effectiveness of variations in the message, emotional tone, reach and frequency of broadcast and remoteness of broadcast on characteristics of the adolescent audience such as changes in smoking behavior, ownership of cigarette promotional items, and demographic variables.

Cummings MK, Hyland A, et al. “Are Smokers Adequately Informed About the Health Risks of Smoking and Medicinal Nicotine?” Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6(3): S333–340, 2004. Available at: www.ntrjournal.org/cummings3.pdf.

The study assesses smokers’ beliefs about the health risks of smoking and the benefits of smoking filtered and low-tar cigarettes, and their awareness of, and interest in, trying so-called reduced-risk tobacco products.

Lindblom E. A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Six Years Later. Washington: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2004. Available at: http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/2005/fullreport.pdf.

This latest report finds that most states are failing to keep their promise to use tobacco settlement funds for tobacco control and prevention efforts. This is occurring even as the states collect record amounts of revenue from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes and even as the tobacco companies spend record amounts to market deadly and addictive products.

The Praxis Project. The Policy Advocacy on Tobacco and Health (PATH) Initiative: Emerging Lessons on Race, Health Justice and Alliance Building. Washington: The Praxis Project, 2004. Available at: www.thepraxisproject.org/tools/PATH_annual_report_2004.pdf.

This report shares what PATH has learned and its broader implications for health and social justice—beyond tobacco control.

Repace JL. “Respirable Particles and Carcinogens in the Air of Delaware Hospitality Venues Before and After a Smoking Ban.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46(9): 887–905, 2004.

U.S. occupational, environmental and public health authorities have classified secondhand smoke as a significant health hazard. Yet states have been slow to institute smoke-free workplace policies, particularly in the hospitality industry. A new study examined levels of indoor pollutants in six bars, a casino and a pool hall before and after a 2002 law eliminating smoking in such venues went into effect in Delaware.

Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: Learn Proven Strategies to Help Your Patients Quit, a five-hour CD-ROM. Lebanon: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2004. Available at: http://iml.dartmouth.edu/education/cme/Smoking.

This CD presents best practices for assisting patients in quitting and introduces the five A’s—an evidence-based counseling technique that takes just 5–15 minutes per patient who smokes and increases smoking cessation rates by 30–70 percent.

Tobacco 101: Smoking Is a Family Matter, an 8-minute videotape. Washington: National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention, 2004. Available at: http://nlcatp.org/.

This audiovisual informs the Latino community about the health consequences of using tobacco and the benefits of quitting.