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Report Confirms Smoking Bans Prevent Heart Attacks IOM report confirms evidence that exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk of heart disease.	Stories and articles	10/15/2009
Tobacco Regulation is a Step Toward Better Health RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses the signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in a column in The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. Published In: The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.	Speeches and commentaries, President's Corner	07/05/2009
Deadly in Pink: New Report Warns Big Tobacco Has Stepped Up Targeting of Women and Girls Congress urged to grant FDA authority over tobacco products.	News releases	02/19/2009
JAMA Commentary Promotes Investment in Disease Prevention RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey says the commentary underscores the need to "foster a culture of wellness by stopping bad health before it happens."	Stories and articles	02/05/2009
Buffalo, the University and the Public's Health Jim Marks, senior vice president and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Group, in his J. Warren Perry lecture at the University at Buffalo, N.Y., emphasized to the audience that in order to make a difference in the nation's health care, the...	Speeches and commentaries	11/18/2008
A Decade of Broken Promises Ten years after the November 1998 state tobacco settlement, we find that most states have failed to keep their promise to use a significant portion of the settlement funds to reduce tobacco's terrible toll on America's children, families and...	Reports	11/18/2008
Integrating Screening and Interventions for Unhealthy Behaviors into Primary Care Practices (from Redesigning Primary Care Practice to Incorporate Health Behavior Change) This study examined primary care practice efforts to increase screening and interventions for tobacco use, risky alcohol use, and unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. Published In: American Journal Preventive Medicine (Supplement)	Journal articles	11/14/2008
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues: 2008 Mid-Term Report This report examines the progress of state laws to stop tobacco use in public places and workplaces, as well as tobacco control programs to decrease smoking. Both are slowing down or showing a decline in 2008.	Maps and state data, Reports, Legislative scans or reports	08/18/2008
Perceived Accessibility as a Predictor of Youth Smoking This paper demonstrates how students with perceived accessibility to cigarettes are more likely to start smoking or, for those already smoking, to progress to regular smoking. Peer or parental smoking combined with perceived accessibility had an even stronger... Published In: Annals of Family Medicine	Journal articles	07/14/2008
Carrots and Sticks to Promote Healthy Behaviors This essay examines how healthy behavior is encouraged in the United States, and in particular the use of the "carrot" or "stick" approach that rewards or penalizes individuals for certain actions. The author concludes a third way may be... Published In: Hastings Center Report	Journal articles	05/21/2008

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