Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding of the anti-smoking movement, as of July 28, 2007, selected from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Active Grants List. The University of Illinois at Chicago has eight grants for a total of $12,645,576; The University of California - San Francisco $10,270,538 (consisting of $9,871,538 to Steven A. Schroeder, who is a former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and $399,000 to Stanton Glantz); the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has four grants totalling $7,430,000; American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation five totalling $6,648,178; the University of Kentucky Research Foundation three totalling $5,170,791; the University of California - Los Angeles $1,899,999 ($1.8 million to Linda Sarna and the change to Michael Ong); the American Cancer Society has six grants which total $1,206,634; and the Tobacco Law Center in Minnesota has two grants totalling $1,156,255. The University of Michigan receives three grants totalling $11,367,260 for "Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior." Also, the Trust for America's Health, a vehicle of the politically-connected health establishment, receives two grants totalling $11,508,190 for the self-serving purpose of "Building sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health."
Active Grants - Public Health / The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationEffects
of advertisement elements for a potential reduced tobacco exposure
product on smokers' beliefs about its use and harmfulness Aug 2007
- Jul 2009 $100,000 To Andrew A. Strasser Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania
Providing
assistance to state tobacco prevention and public health policy project
Aug 2007 - Jul 2008 $1,500,000 To Peter Fisher at the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids
Why
youth don't quit: Finding answers to design effective smoking cessation
programs Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 $176,780 To Gary A. Giovino M.S.,
Ph.D., Research Foundation of State University of New York
Legal and political obstacles to smoke-free regulations in metropolitan regions Jul 2007 - Dec 2008 $99,807 To Kerry Cork J.D., Tobacco Law Center, St. Paul, MN
Public
education and public health training activities in support of RWJF's
Public Health interest area Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 $2,200,000 To Vince
Willmore, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Helping
Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
Jun 2007 - May 2009 $1,240,783 To Susan J. Curry Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Study
on smoke-free campus policies in U.S. hospitals Jun 2007 - May 2008
$98,143 To Scott Williams Psy.D., Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
Educating
key audiences about FDA regulation of tobacco products May 2007 -
May 2008 $743,464 To William V. Corr, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Providing
rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support,
protect or implement smoke-free policies May 2007 - Jun 2008
$1,000,000 To Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights
Foundation
Legal
technical assistance to the tobacco control community May 2007 -
Apr 2009 $1,056,448 To D. Douglas Blanke J.D., Tobacco Law Center, St.
Paul, MN
Tobacco-free
policy adoption for local school districts in order to promote policy
passage across North Carolina Apr 2007 - Aug 2007 $29,469 To
Adam O. Goldstein M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill School of Medicine
Technical
assistance and direction for Smoke-Free Families: Innovations to Stop
Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy Mar 2007 - Mar 2008 $222,000 To
Robert L. Goldenberg M.D., Philadelphia Health and Education
Corporation d/b/a Drexel College of Medicine
Analysis of the US Department of Justice's Racketeer Influences and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit against the tobacco industry Mar 2007 - Sep 2007 $29,606 To Richard A. Daynard J.D., Ph.D., Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc., Boston MA
Pilot
study for a new method of measuring cigarette tax evasion in the United
States Mar 2007 - Feb 2008 $99,000 To David F. Merriman Ph.D.,
Loyola University-Chicago
Cigarette
price sensitivity of smokers with comorbid alcohol, drug or mental
disorders Mar 2007 - Feb 2008 $99,999 To Michael K. Ong M.D.,
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Effectiveness of state and federal government agreements with major credit card and shipping companies to block Internet cigarette sales Mar 2007 - Feb 2008 $99,990 To Kurt M. Ribisl Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Conference
on disseminating novel approaches to understanding the consumer
perspective on tobacco cessation Feb 2007 - Aug 2007 $46,440
To Todd M. Phillips M.S., Academy for Educational Development Inc.,
Washington DC
Supporting
tobacco control policy priorities among northwestern tribes, including
clean indoor air laws and higher taxes on cigarettes Feb 2007 - Jan
2008 $75,000 To Gerry Rainingbird M.S., Northwest Portland Area Indian
Health Board
Legal
support for public health plaintiff intervenors in appeal of the
Department of Justice tobacco suit Feb 2007 - Jan 2008 $300,000
William V. Corr, Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund
Support
for a public/private partnership to help American adults stop smoking
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 $720,000 To Amber Hardy-Thornton, American Legacy
Foundation
Support
for the Tobacco Etiology Research Network to analyze data from
foundation-supported studies Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 $513,463 To
Richard R. Clayton Ph.D., University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Improving
the potential of U.S. quitlines to capitalize on tobacco policy control
success Dec 2006 - Dec 2008 $399,925 To Linda A. Bailey J.D.,
M.H.S., North American Quitline Consortium
Building
a grassroots campaign to support the introduction and passage of a
smoke-free ordinance in Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
$95,000 To Jennifer Myrick B.S., American Cancer Society, Inc.,
Mid-South Division, Inc.
Promoting
clean indoor air in the greater Cleveland area Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
$150,000 To Yvonne F. Oliver, Greater Cleveland Health Education
and Service Council Inc.
Implementing
a grassroots education and advocacy campaign to protect nonsmokers from
secondhand smoke Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $74,985 To Jorge Vanegas,
Texas A&M Research Foundation
Supporting
an ordinance to end smoking in bars and private clubs Dec 2006 -
Dec 2007 $69,855 To Wendy Hamilton, Juneau Affiliate Inc. National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Expanding
tobacco policy control among the Nez Perce Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
$66,974 To Joyce McFarland, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID
Efforts
to restrict tobacco sponsorship of rodeos Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
$149,996 To Andrea Craig Dodge M.P.H., M.S.W., Public Health Institute,
Oakland, CA
Review
of barriers to consumer demand for and use of smoking cessation
medications and dissemination of the findings for policy implications
Dec 2006 - Oct 2007 $29,833 To Jonathan Foulds Ph.D., Society for
Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Madison, WI [probably a front for
Michael Fiore].
Developing
and strengthening a clean indoor air policy for the Northern Plains
Tribes Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $75,000 To Favian E. Kennedy M.S.W.,
Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board, Aberdeen, SD
Building
grassroots support for an increased tobacco tax to fund tobacco
cessation programs and expand health coverage for low-income Floridians
Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $75,000 Lisa Margulis M.S.W., Human Services
Coalition of Dade County, Inc.
Supporting
smoke-free indoor workplace and public place ordinances in South
Carolina Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $81,000 To Dianne Wilson, South
Carolina African American Tobacco Control Network
Implementing
and enforcing a commercial tobacco-free ordinance among a Native
American tribe Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $75,000 To Nicole Toves, Fort
Peck Tribes, Poplar, MT
Promoting
policies to deter the tobacco industry from targeting minority youth
Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $75,000 Corrina Freedman B.A., American Lung
Association of the City of New York Inc.
Colorado
Youth Access Project Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $102,409 To Kimberly
Hills, Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance
Implementing
a comprehensive tobacco-free policy for the Navajo nation Dec 2006
- Dec 2007 $74,965 To Patricia Nez Henderson M.D., M.P.H., Black Hills
Center for American Indian Health, Rapid City, SD
Developing
and implementing a statewide tribal smoke-free advocacy campaign
Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $99,939 To Sharon Day, Indigenous People Task
Force, Minneapolis, MN
Eliminating
smoking in rental housing units Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $74,901 To Tina
H. Pettingill M.P.H., City of Portland, ME
Advocating
for programs to reduce adult smoking and address disparities in
treatment among low-income and mentally ill people in Vermont Dec
2006 - Dec 2007 $85,000 To Kelly Stoddard, American Cancer Society
Inc., New England Division, Inc.
Eliminating
secondhand smoke exposure by supporting clean indoor air policies and
the use Master Settlement funds for tobacco prevention and cessation
Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $50,000 To Shelley Cooper-Ashford, Center for
MultiCultural Health, Seattle, WA
Sustaining
Medicaid smoking cessation benefits in Massachusetts Dec 2006 - Dec
2007 $92,300 To Diane M. Pickles, American Cancer Society, Inc., New
England Division, Inc.
Developing
and conducting a smoke-free campaign in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Dec
2006 - Dec 2007 $138,720 To Pam Bostick B.S., American Cancer Society,
Inc., Mid-South Division, Inc.
Pursuing
a public policy change to mandated coverage of smoking cessation
services by Medicaid Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 $71,120 To Shannon Pratt,
American Cancer Society, Inc., Mid-South Division, Inc.
Core
support and infrastructure development for the American Nonsmokers'
Rights Foundation Dec 2006 - Dec 2008 $3,000,000 To Cynthia D.
Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Outreach
and educational efforts for restaurants, bars, hotels and labor unions
on the positive impact of clean indoor air policy Nov 2006 - Nov
2008 $480,280 To Paul H. McIntyre, Kids Involuntarily Inhaling
Secondhand Smoke
Evaluation
of the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act Nov 2006 - Oct 2007 $160,000
To Uta A. Vorbach M.P.H., State of New Jersey Department of Health and
Senior Services
Smoke-Free
Families National Dissemination Office Sep 2006 - Aug 2008 $588,190
To Cathy L. Melvin Ph.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
(Smoke-Free Families)
Nonprofit
administration of potential tobacco settlement funding for smoking
cessation Jul 2006 - Dec 2007 $49,595 C. Charles Stokes M.Ed.,
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention Inc.
Providing
rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support,
protect or implement smoke-free policies Jun 2006 - Dec 2007
$1,000,000 Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights
Foundation
Helping
Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
Jun 2006 - Jul 2007 $918,770 To Susan J. Curry Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Expanding
and enhancing the database system to track and report on
tobacco-related laws Feb 2006 - Jan 2008 $148,178 To Cynthia D.
Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Online
database on state tobacco control policy, analysis of the data, trend
tracking, communications, and technical assistance Jan 2006 - Dec
2008 $150,000 To Janice E. Nolan, American Lung Association
Continued
tobacco research on young adults in college and the military and a
working meeting on tobacco and socioeconomic status Dec 2005 - Dec
2008 $100,000 To Richard R. Clayton Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Research Foundation
Dissemination
activities for Partners with Tobacco Use Research Centers: Advancing
Transdisciplinary Science and Policy Studies Dec 2005 - Nov 2007
$100,000 Robin J. Mermelstein Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Study
on smoker perceptions on reduced-risk cigarettes and counter-marketing
efforts Dec 2005 - Nov 2007 $99,179 To James M. Nonnemaker Ph.D.,
Research Triangle Institute
Effect
of tobacco control policy on tobacco use in alcohol and drug-dependent
populations Nov 2005 - Oct 2007 $99,614 To Henry Saffer Ph.D., Kean
University College of Business and Public Administration
Effects of flavored and natural cigarette claims on adolescents' perceptions and behavioral intentions Nov 2005 - Jul 2007 $99,904 To Kathleen J. Kelly Ph.D., Colorado State University College of Business
Secondary
effects of the Madison, Wisconsin, smoke-free ordinance Oct 2005 -
Dec 2007 $99,988 To Amy Williamson B.A., M.P.P., University of
Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Measuring
the public health impact of increased access to potential reduced
exposure products for smokers Oct 2005 - Sep 2007 $61,119 To Joseph
V. Terza Ph.D., University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy
Effectiveness
of cigarette taxation in deterring smoking from one pregnancy to the
next Sep 2005 - Aug 2007 $36,331 To Jason Abrevaya Ph.D., Purdue
University, Krannert School of Management
New
evidence on smoking behavior: Comparing responses to experimental and
real price increases Sep 2005 - Dec 2007 $99,123 To Matthew C.
Farrelly Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute
Educational
campaign for restaurant owners on smoke-free restaurants Aug 2005 -
Nov 2007 $399,000 To Stanton A. Glantz Ph.D., University of
California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Network
to sustain and expand tobacco-related health care policy and systems
change Aug 2005 - Jul 2008 $400,000 To Michael C. Fiore M.D.,
M.P.H., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Studying
the impact of state tobacco control policies on heart disease mortality
Feb 2005 - Jul 2007 $94,611 To Brett Loomis M.S., Research Triangle
Institute
Helping
Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
Feb 2005 - Jul 2008 $2,996,867 To Susan J. Curry Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Identifying
facilitators and impediments to adopting US Public Health Service
guidelines for smoking cessation treatment Dec 2004 - Nov 2007
$399,792 To Elizabeth M. Barbeau Sc.D., Dana Farber Cancer
Institute Inc.
Enhancing
and sustaining smoke-free environments Nov 2004 - Oct 2007
$1,500,000 To Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights
Foundation
Studying
a pediatric office-based smoking cessation program Sep 2004 - Aug
2007 $250,000 To Helen J. Binns M.D., M.P.H., Children's Memorial
Hospital, Chicago IL
Evaluating
the effects of tobacco control budget cuts on tobacco-related outcomes
among Florida youth Sep 2004 - Oct 2007 $363,287 To Matthew C.
Farrelly Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute
Studying
the feasibility of brief smoking cessation counseling of parents in
pediatric settings to reduce tobacco smoke exposure of young children
Sep 2004 - Aug 2007 $250,000 To Jonathan D. Klein M.D., M.P.H.,
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Testing
the feasibility and efficacy of a tobacco control strategy for parents
of newborns Sep 2004 - Dec 2007 $250,000 To Jonathan P. Winickoff
M.D., M.P.H., General Hospital Corporation-Massachusetts General
Hospital
Studying
the relationship among sleep problems, mood, and postpartum smoking
relapse Sep 2004 - Aug 2007 $199,996 To Julie Boergers Ph.D., Rhode
Island Hospital
Technical
assistance and direction for Partners with Tobacco Use Research
Centers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Science and Policy Studies Aug
2004 - Jul 2007 $723,520 To Robin J. Mermelstein Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Studying
the barriers to smoking cessation among mature smokers Mar 2004 -
Aug 2007 $399,997 To Frank A. Sloan Ph.D., Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management
Tobacco-free
nurses: Helping nurses quit Aug 2003 - Jul 2007 $1,800,000 To Linda
Sarna R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., University of California, Los Angeles,
School of Nursing
Activities
of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Feb 2003 - Jan 2010
$9,871,538 To Steven A. Schroeder M.D.,
University of California, San
Francisco, School of Medicine [Schroeder is a former president of RWJF].
Do
national-level tobacco policies decrease smoking: A four-country
tobacco policy study Aug 2002 - Jul 2007 $1,500,000 To K. Michael
Cummings Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Research Incorporated
Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence Oct 2001 - Jun 2008 $4,557,328 Richard R. Clayton Ph.D., University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Building sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health Aug 2007 - Jul 2010 $7,669,235 To Jeffrey W. Levi Ph.D., Trust for America's Health. [This enormous grant goes to the Trust for America's Health, which includes on its Advisory Board: Former Rep. John Edward Porter (R-IL), instrument of the Lasker health lobby; Carlessia A. Hussein, Director, Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and former HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Philip R. Lee. Former Sen. Lowell Weicker Jr. (R-CT) and Margaret A. Hamburg are directors.]
State
Health Leadership Initiative Jun 2007 - May 2010 $3,098,765 To
Jason Alan Hohl, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Building
a consensus agenda on the use of law to protect and improve public
health Feb 2007 - Feb 2008 $258,122 To Dan O'Brien J.D., Public
Health Law Association
Examining
state capacity to develop the 10 leading indicators defined in Healthy
People 2010 overall and by geographic group Jan 2007 - Mar 2008
$199,135 To Marsha Gold Sc.D., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Evaluation
of the State Health Leadership Initiative Jan 2006 - Jul 2007
$149,825 To David Lazer Ph.D., Harvard University, John F. Kennedy
School of Government
Impact
of the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act: A comprehensive
assessment of changes in state public health laws Dec 2005 - Aug
2007 $198,541 Kristine M. Gebbie Dr.P.H., R.N., Columbia University
School of Nursing
Turning
Point Model State Public Health Act: An assessment of legislative and
regulatory laws and policies Dec 2005 - Nov 2007 $125,000 To James
G. Hodge J.D., L.L.M., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health
Bridging
the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth
Behavior Nov 2005 - Oct 2008 $2,032,895 To Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D.,
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Increasing
the effectiveness of disease prevention and health promotion policies
Oct 2005 - Sep 2007 $724,494 To John M. Clymer, Partnership for
Prevention [a project of the American Cancer Society]
Building
sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health Jun
2005 - Dec 2007 $3,838,995 To Jeffrey W. Levi Ph.D., Trust for
America's Health
State
Health Leadership Initiative Sep 2003 - Jul 2007 $3,000,000 To
Kathleen M. Nolan M.P.H., National Governors Association Center for
Best Practices
Bridging
the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth
Behavior Mar 2003 - Feb 2008 $6,665,636 To Frank J. Chaloupka
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy
Centers
Bridging
the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth
Behavior Mar 2003 - Feb 2008 $2,334,365 To Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D.,
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior Nov 1997 - Oct 2007 $7,000,000 To Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D., University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
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