The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's current tobacco-specific grants, as of Jan. 6, 2010: American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation got a $1 million, single-year grant to promote smoking bans; the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids got $1.7 million for nine months for propagandizing and lobbying, and $1.5 million over sixteen months for other anti-smoking projects. Continuing anti-tobacco grants: $9.9 million over eight years to to RWJF's Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF. Other big grants: $2.6 million over 29 months to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health; $4.9 million over two years to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; $7.2 million over 41 months to the Pew Charitable Trusts. Other continuing grants include $7.7 million over three years to the Trust for America's Health, which was a major lobbyist for so-called healthcare reform; $2 million over three years to the Partnership for Prevention; $7.7 million over four years to the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; $16 million over four years to the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers
Active Grants - Public Health / The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationEnsuring
that the law giving the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products
is effectively implemented. $250,000, Dec 2009-Dec 2010, Grant #
67161; to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Matthew L. Myers, Project
Director
Studying
the impact of pre-emptive public health legislation on grassroots
movement-building. $399,953, Oct. 15, 2009-Oct. 14, 2011; Grant #
66857; to Public Health Law Center [tobaccolawcenter.org], St. Paul MN,
Maggie Mahoney and Mark Pertschuk, Project Directors
Assessing
and reporting on the financial capacity of tobacco quitlines to meet
the growing policy-driven demand for effective quit-smoking treatments.
$49,985, Aug. 15, 2009-Feb. 14, 2010, Grant # 66689; to North American
Quitline Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, Linda A. Bailey, Project Director
Improving
the potential of U.S. quitlines to capitalize on tobacco-control policy
success. $99,797, Jul 1, 2009-Jun 30, 2010, Grant # 66286; to North
American Quitline Consortium, Linda A. Bailey, Project Director
Providing
rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support,
protect or implement smoke-free policies. $1,000,000, Jul 1,
2009-Jun 30, 2010, Grant # 66191; to American Nonsmokers' Rights
Foundation, Bronson Frick and Cynthia D. Hallett, Project Directors
Conducting
public education on tobacco control and advocacy training for state
public health leaders. $1,700,000, May 1, 2009-Feb 28, 2010, Grant
# 66105; to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Daniel E. McGoldrick, Vince
Willmore, Project Directors
Promoting
the Public Health Service's proven tobacco-cessation treatments through
innovative tools and messages for smokers. $30,000, Apr 1, 2009-Mar
31, 2010, Grant # 65887; to Academy for Educational Development Inc.,
Todd M. Phillips, Project Director
Evaluation
of RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program. $605,892, Mar 1, 2009-Feb
28, 2011, Grant # 65763; Research Foundation of the City University of
New York, Andrea A. Anderson-Hamilton and Mary Clare Lennon, Project
Directors
Retrospective
summative assessment of RWJF's work in tobacco control policies.
$399,919, Jan 1, 2009-Jun 30, 2010, Grant # 65202; to Center for Public
Program Evaluation, Inc., George F. Grob, Project Director
Examining
the relationship between the cost of cigarettes and an individual's
probability of quitting smoking. $84,709, Jan 1, 2009-Jul 31, 2010,
Grant # 65626; to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc., James
MacKillop, Project Director
Examining
the role of televised tobacco-control and pharmaceutical product
advertising on young smokers' demand for and use of treatments.
$100,000, Jan 1, 2009-Jun 30, 2010, Grant # 65627; to Public Health
Institute, Dianne C. Barker, Project Director
Providing
assistance to state tobacco prevention and public health policy
projects. $1,500,000, Nov 1, 2008-Mar 31, 2010, Grant # 64346;
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Peter Fisher, Project Director
Study
of how the 2008 cigarette tax-increase in New York state impacts
cigarette-tax avoidance in New York City. $20,154, Sep 1, 2008-Jun
30, 2010, Grant # 64686; to City University of New York, Hunter
College, Howard A. Chernick and David F. Merriman, Project Directors
Investigating
the impact of weight-based moist snuff taxation and improving
state-based tobacco control policy. $99,713, Aug 1, 2008-Jul 31,
2010, Grant # 64750; to Foundation of the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, Cristine D. Delnevo, Project Director
Examining
the impact of state tobacco control spending on adolescent and adult
smoking cessation decisions. $99,478, Aug 1, 2008-Jul 31, 2010,
Grant # 64746; to University of Illinois at Chicago, John A. Tauras,
Project Director
Assessing
the relationship between smoke-free policies and smoking and alcohol
consumption. $100,000, Aug 1, 2008-Jan 31, 2010, Grant # 64749; to
Health Research Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division, Andrew
Hyland, Project Director
Understanding
physician behavior toward patients seeking help with smoking cessation.
$70,625, Aug 1, 2008-May 31, 2010, Grant # 64744; to Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, Ayse Akincigil, Project
Director
Individual-
and policy-level influences on the use of various cessation strategies
and abstinence from cigarettes among adult smokers. $96,986, Oct 1,
2007-Jan 31, 2010, Grant # 63263; to Research Foundation of State
University of New York, Gary A. Giovino, Project Director
Analyzing
the corrective statement ordered in the federal government's lawsuit
against the cigarette industry. $98,523, Sep 1, 2007-Aug 31, 2010,
Grant # 63113; to Health Research Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Division, K. Michael Cummings, Project Director
Legal support for public health plaintiff intervenors in the appeal of the Department of Justice tobacco suit. $300,000, Feb 1, 2007-Mar 31, 2010, Grant # 60001; to Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, Matthew L. Myers, Project Director [William V. Corr, former Project Director]
Support
for a public/private partnership to help American adults stop smoking.
$720,000, Jan 1, 2007-Dec 31, 2010, Grant # 60024; to American Legacy
Foundation, Amber Thornton-Bullock, Project Director
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Smoking Cessation Leadership Center [formerly Activities of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center]. $9,871,538, Feb 1, 2003-Jan 31, 2011, Grant # 047139; to University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Steven Alfred Schroeder, Project Director [Schroeder is a former president of RWJF].
Developing
a framework for understanding state health policy options and how these
choices impact public health. $149,943, Dec. 1, 2009-May 31, 2011;
Grant # 67150; to New York University, James Macinko, Ph.D., Project
Director
Identifying
ways in which individuals make decisions that affect their health and
how public health law can support healthier actions. $149,059, Dec.
1, 2009-May 31, 2011; Grant# 67148; to University of San Diego School
of Law, Orly Lobel and On Amir, Project Directors
Developing
a framework and guidance for health impact assessment. $450,000,
Oct. 15, 2009-Apr. 14, 2011; Grant # 66737; to National Academy of
Sciences, Ellen K. Mantus, Project Director
Strengthening
the nation's public health institutes to advance accreditation, policy
advocacy and evidence about what works. $700,000, Aug. 15,
2009-Aug. 14, 2011; Grant # 66326; to National Network of Public Health
Institutes, Sarah M. Gillen, Project Director
Establishing
a national coordinating center to advance the use of health impact
assessments. $7,247,562, Aug 1, 2009-Jan 31, 2014, Grant # 66479;
to Pew Charitable Trusts, Aaron Wernham, Project Director
Technical
assistance and direction for RWJF's Public Health Law Research program.
$1,162,482, Jun 1, 2009-May 31, 2010, Grant # 65795; to Temple
University, Scott C. Burris, Project Director
Establishing
the Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health and producing a
series of reports. $2,595,007, Jun 1, 2009-Nov 30, 2011, Grant #
65863; to National Academy of Sciences-Institute of Medicine, Rose
Marie Martinez, Alina Baciu, Project Directors
Examining
strategies to generate new revenues on more efficient and effective
practices to improve public health. $308,968, Feb 1, 2009-Dec 31,
2010, Grant # 65722; to University of Michigan School of Public Health,
Peter D. Jacobson, Project Director
Support
for Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH). $4,934,201,
Jan 1, 2009-Dec 31, 2011, Grant # 65017; to the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health, David A. Kindig and Patrick L.
Remington, Project Directors
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior. $15,959,747, Dec 1, 2008-Nov 30, 2012, Grant # 64702; to University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers, Leah Rimkus and Frank Joseph Chaloupka, Project Directors
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior, $7,676,077, Nov 15, 2008-Nov 14, 2012, ID# 64703, to the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Patrick M. O'Malley Ph.D, and Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D., Project Directors.
Comparing
the value of community preventive services. $1,967,838, Sep 1,
2008-Aug 31, 2011, Grant # 63940; to Partnership
for Prevention, Jennifer Jenson, Project Director
Evaluating the effect of regulatory strategies to reduce illegal Internet cigarette, alcohol and opiate sales. $399,975, Aug 1, 2008 to Jul 31, 2011, ID# 64747; to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Kurt M. Ribisl Ph.D., Project Director.
Further developing the UCLA Health Forecasting Tool to support effective public health practice, community interventions and policy decisions. $446,749, Feb 1, 2008 to Jul 31, 2010, Grant # 63473; to the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Gerald F. Kominski Ph.D., and Jonathan E. Fielding M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. [a known anti-smoker], Project Directors.
Building sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health Aug 1, 2007 - Jul 31, 2010 ID# 61977 $7,669,235 to Jeffrey W. Levi Ph.D., Trust for America's Health.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding of the anti-smoking movement, as of Dec. 9, 2008 (some of which are current), selected from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Active Grants List, and past grants. The University of Michigan received four grants totalling $19,043,337 for "Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior." The University of Illinois at Chicago has had seven grants for a total of $12,745,054; The Trust for America's Health, a vehicle of the politically-connected health establishment, has received two grants totalling $11,508,190 for the self-serving purpose of "Building sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health." The University of California - San Francisco $10,333,821 (consisting of $9,871,538 to Steven A. Schroeder, who is a former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and $449,000 to Stanton Glantz); American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, seven totalling $8,770,005; the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has had eight grants totalling $8,143,464; the University of Kentucky Research Foundation four totalling $5,395,791. RWJF gave $5,332,662 to the College Entrance Examination Board, to recruit more charlatans. The Partnership for Prevention two grants, $2,692,332; the University of California - Los Angeles $2,346,748; and the Tobacco Law Center in Minnesota had two grants totalling $1,156,255.
National
Conference on Tobacco or Health 2009. $100,000, Nov 1, 2008 to Oct
31, 2009, ID# 65208; to Danya International, Inc., Phillip M. Wilbur
and Kari M. Appler, Project Director.
Developing
products to translate and disseminate the findings of the National
Youth Smoking Cessation Survey into practice and policy. $100,000, Oct 1, 2008 to
Dec 31, 2009, ID# 65132; to the Public Health Institute, Dianne C.
Barker M.H.S., Project Director.
Public
education and public health training activities in support of RWJF's
Public Health interest area.
$1,100,000, Sep 15, 2008 to Mar 14, 2009, ID# 65199; to the Campaign
for Tobacco-Free Kids, Vince Willmore and Daniel E. McGoldrick, Project
Directors.
Core support and infrastructure development for the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. $1,000,000, Sep 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 60551; to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., Project Director.
Evaluating legal and economic vulnerabilities of the Master Settlement Agreement. $99,452, Aug 1, 2008 to Jul 31, 2009, ID# 64748; to Duke University, Frank A. Sloan Ph.D., Project Director.
Econometric
study of the role advertisements and employer-sponsored programs play
in increasing consumer demand for smoking cessation treatment.
$99,999, Aug 1, 2008 to Jul 31, 2009, ID# 64751; to Cornell University,
Donald S. Kenkel Ph.D., Project Director.
Studying the disenfranchisement of poor and minority smokers by the American Psychiatric Association's policy on nicotine dependence. $76,807, Aug 1, 2008 to Jul 31, 2009, ID# 64745; to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Joseph R. DiFranza M.D., Project Director.
Advancing
statewide smoke-free policies and implementing an anti-obesity project
in Alabama.
$151,913, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64498; to the DuBois
Institute for Entrepreneurship, Inc., Michael B. Jackson, Project
Director.
Advancing
comprehensive tobacco-free and tribal wellness policies on the Navajo
Nation.
$149,990, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64495; to the Black Hills
Center for American Indian Health, Patricia Nez Henderson M.D., M.P.H.,
Project Director.
Advancing
local smoke-free laws in South Carolina by emphasizing the importance
of local control and exposing the threat of preemption. $300,000,
Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64505; to the South Carolina African
American Tobacco Control Network, Dan Carrigan, Project Director.
Promoting
smoke-free indoor air and clean outdoor air through the promotion of
public transit.
$149,453, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64494; to the Georgia Public
Interest Research Group Education Fund, Sandra Glaze, Project Director.
Supporting
efforts to limit the number of tobacco retailers in the rebuilding
efforts in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. $175,000, Jul 1, 2008
to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64497; to Le Penseur Youth and Family Services,
Patrick Keen, Project Director.
Addressing
clean indoor air regulations and government change promoting local
environments favoring physical activity in five West Virginia counties.
$296,541, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64492; to the Wellness Council of West Virginia, Patty M.
Deutsch M.S.W., M.A., and Sharon M. Covert, Project Directors.
Advancing
the statewide clean indoor air act and educating Houston residents
about health issues resulting from obesity
$150,000, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64502; to Families Under
Urban and Social Attack Inc., Helen R. Stagg M.S.W., Project Director.
Building
support for policy changes to make all workplaces smoke-free by 2010
and to halt and reverse the growing obesity epidemic in North Carolina.
$150,014, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64501; North Carolina
Pediatric Society Foundation, Pamela Seamans M.P.P., Project Director.
Advancing
comprehensive clean indoor air and radon policies in Northern Kentucky.
$225,000, Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64496; to the University of
Kentucky Research Foundation, Ellen J. Hahn D.N.S., R.N., Project
Director.
Educating key audiences about FDA regulation of tobacco products. $350,000, Jul 1, 2008 to Feb 28, 2009, ID# 64348; to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, William V. Corr Project Director. [Corr is a member of Barack Obama's Transition Team, and received a previous grant of $743,464 for this same purpose.]
Advancing
smoke-free policy efforts in 20 Indiana communities and furthering
state policies to fully fund the Healthy Indiana Plan. $155,145,
Jul 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 64503; to the Indiana Rural Health
Association, James E. Miller, Project Director.
Using
campus-community alliances to reduce both tobacco use and intimate
partner violence.
$150,173, (awarded on Jun 11, 2008, starting Jul 1, 2008 ending Dec 31,
2009) ID# 64491; to the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School
Foundation, Inc., Kevin D. Everett Ph.D., Project Director.
Providing
rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support,
protect or implement smoke-free policies. $1,121,827, (awarded on
May 27, 2008, starting Jun 15, 2008 ending Jun 14, 2009, ID#
64477; to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, Cynthia D. Hallett
M.P.H., Project Director.
Collecting
and aggregating data from the 2008 American Indian Adult Tobacco Survey.
$110,925, Jun 1, 2008 to Nov 30, 2009, ID# 64092; to the Aberdeen Area
Tribal Chairmen's Health Board, Favian E. Kennedy M.S.W., Project
Director.
Development
of a business plan. $450,000, May 15, 2008 to May 14, 2009, ID#
64035; to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, William V. Corr, Project
Director.
Identifying
targets to improve smoking cessation advice rates in the inpatient
setting. $99,981, May 1, 2008 to Apr 30, 2009, ID# 64158; to
General Hospital Corporation, Douglas E. Levy Ph.D., Project Director.
Informing
public policy on cigarette taxation via cigarette demand curve analysis.
$98,175, Mar 1, 2008 to Feb 28, 2010, ID# 63887; to Brown University
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, James MacKillop Ph.D.,
Project Director.
Promoting
smoke-free indoor air and clean outdoor air through the promotion of
public transit. $49,670, Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2008) ID# 63587; to
the Georgia Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Matthew
Davis and Sandra Glaze, Project Directors.
Updating,
testing and disseminating the 2008 tobacco treatment guideline.
$100,000, Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31,
2009, ID# 63443; to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and
Public Health, Michael C. Fiore M.D., M.P.H., and Bruce A. Christiansen
Ph.D., Project Directors.
Book
on the U.S. Department of Justice's RICO case against the tobacco
industry. $50,000, Dec 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 63283; to the
University of California, San Francisco, Stanton Arnold Glantz Ph.D.,
Project Director.
Disseminating
novel approaches to understanding the consumer perspective on tobacco
cessation. $100,000, Nov 1, 2007 to Oct 31, 2009, ID# 63362; to the
Academy for Educational Development Inc., Todd M. Phillips M.S.,
Project Director.
Evaluating an innovative communications campaign designed to increase consumer demand for tobacco dependence treatment by Medicaid recipients. $99,316, Oct 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 63261; to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Michael C. Fiore M.D., M.P.H., Project Director.
Providing
assistance to state tobacco prevention and public health policy projects.
$1,500,000, Aug 1, 2007 to Jun 30, 2009, ID# 62020; to the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids, Peter Fisher, Project Director.
Effects
of advertisement elements for a potential reduced tobacco exposure
product on smokers' beliefs about its use and harmfulness.
$100,000, Aug 1, 2007 to Jul 31, 2009, ID# 62622; to the University of
Pennsylvania, Andrew A. Strasser Ph.D., Project Director.
Legal
and political obstacles to smoke-free regulations in metropolitan
regions. $99,807, Jul 1, 2007 to Mar 30, 2009, ID# 61373; to the
Tobacco Law
Center, St. Paul, MN, Kerry Cork J.D., Project Director.
Why youth don't quit: Finding answers to design effective smoking cessation programs. $176,780, Jul 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 62174; to the Research Foundation of State University of New York, Gary A. Giovino M.S., Ph.D., Project Director.
Helping Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation. $1,240,783, Jun 1, 2007 to Jul 31, 2009, ID# 61337; to the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, [Susan J. Curry Ph.D., former Project Director], Robin J. Mermelstein Ph.D., Project Director.
Legal technical assistance to the tobacco control community. $1,056,448, May 1, 2007 to Apr 30, 2009, ID# 61100; to the Tobacco Law Center, St. Paul, MN, D. Douglas Blanke J.D., Project Director.
Technical assistance and direction for Smoke-Free Families: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy. $222,000, Mar 15, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 56339; to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation d/b/a Drexel College of Medicine, Robert L. Goldenberg M.D., Project Director.
Analyzing data from RWJF-supported studies for the Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence. $513,463, Jan 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2009, ID# 58538; to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Richard R. Clayton Ph.D., Project Director.
Improving the potential of U.S. quitlines to capitalize on tobacco policy control success. $399,925, Dec 15, 2006 to Jan 31, 2009, ID# 58531; to the North American Quitline Consortium, Linda A. Bailey J.D., M.H.S., Project Director.
Review of barriers to consumer demand for and use of smoking cessation medications and dissemination of the findings for policy implications. $29,833, Dec 1, 2006 to Mar 31, 2009, ID# 59930; to the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Madison, WI [probably a front for Michael Fiore], Jonathan Foulds Ph.D., Project Director.
Core support and infrastructure development for the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. $3,000,000, Dec 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 58339; to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., Project Director.
Online database on state tobacco control policy, analysis of the data, trend tracking, communications, and technical assistance. $150,000, Jan 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 55427; to the American Lung Association, Janice E. Nolan, Project Director.
Measuring
the public health impact of increased access to potential reduced
exposure products for smokers. $61,119, Oct 1, 2005 to Sep 30,
2009, ID# 53902;
to the University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy, Joseph
V. Terza Ph.D., Project Director.
Study of issues management strategies by U.S. tobacco companies before and after the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement. $279,047, Jan 1, 2004 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 49486; to Temple University School of Communications and Theater, Priscilla J. Murphy Ph.D., Project Director.
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior. $6,665,636, Mar 1, 2003 to Jan 31, 2009, ID# 48179; to the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers, Frank J. Chaloupka Ph.D., Project Director.
Support
for Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH),
Jan 1, 2009 ending Dec 31, 2011) ID# 65017 $4,934,201, to David A.
Kindig M.D., Ph.D, Patrick L. Remington M.D., M.P.H. [a known
anti-smoking activist], at the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health.
Using summary measures of health outcomes to guide multisectoral planning to improve community health: Phase 1, $181,141, Sep 1, 2008 to Feb 28, 2009, ID# 65020, to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Patrick L. Remington M.D., M.P.H. and David A. Kindig M.D., Ph.D., Project Directors.
Training newly appointed public health officials in applying knowledge and specific skills to their leadership roles. $1,291,507, Jun 1, 2008 to Nov 30, 2009, ID# 63781; to the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Robert M. Pestronk M.P.H., Project Director.
Using
a health impact assessment as an advocacy tool to make Billings, Mont.,
a community that is healthy by design. $199,957, Dec 1, 2007 to Nov
30, 2009, ID# 63364; to the Yellowstone City-County Health Department,
Hillary S. Harris, Project Director.
Identifying
effective catalysts for action toward community health improvement in
underserved communities in Wisconsin. $199,995, Dec 1, 2007 to Nov
30, 2009, ID# 63369; to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health, Bridget C. Booske Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and Patrick L.
Remington M.D., M.P.H., Project Directors.
Research to improve the understanding of legal threats that challenge public health law interventions. $199,723, Dec 1, 2007 to Apr 30, 2009, ID# 63361; Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc., Christopher N. Banthin J.D., and Richard A. Daynard J.D., Ph.D., Project Directors.
Building
a consensus agenda on the use of law to protect and improve public
health. $258,122, Feb 15, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008, ID# 59022; to the
Public Health Law Association, Dan O'Brien J.D., Project Director.
Studying
state policy approaches to foster uptake of the human papillomavirus
vaccine. $283,550, Dec 1, 2007 ending Nov 30, 2009, ID# 63384; to
the Harvard University School of Public Health, Michelle M. Mello J.D.,
Ph.D., M.Phil., Project Director. The Harvard School of Public Health has
been a cesspool of the scientific fraud of deliberately using defective
studies that ignore the role of infection, in order to falsely blame
smoking and lifestyle. These are the kind of characters who would want
to thwart the effort.
Young
Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Program: A National Effort to Attract the
Attention of Young Scholars to the Health of the Public.
$5,332,662, Jun 1, 2007 to May 31, 2010, ID# 047845; to the College
Entrance Examination Board, Diane Tsukamaki M.S., Project Director. [A
program for recruiting true believers in Politically Correct
charlatanism Jonathan M. Samet,
the politically-connected charlatan who has ring-led every so-called
"independent" anti-smoking report for the last two decades, is of
course one of the judges since 2004].
Increasing the use of the Young Epidemiology Scholars' teaching units. $322,306, Oct 1, 2006 to Sep 30, 2009, ID# 58878; to Montclair State University Foundation, Mark Alan Kaelin Ed.D., Project Director. "a set of curricular units to teach epidemiology in high school was designed and made available online" [to teach that scientifically fraudulent lifestyle questionnaire studies are legitimate science.]
Public education and public health training activities in support of RWJF's Public Health interest area Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 ID# 62547 $2,200,000 to Vince Willmore, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Study
on smoke-free campus policies in U.S. hospitals Jun 2007 - May 2008
ID# 61567 $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 ID# 60382 $743,464 to William V. Corr, Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids. (accessed July 28, 2007.)
Providing rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support, protect or implement smoke-free policies May 2007 - Jun 2008 ID# 61524 $1,000,000 to Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Tobacco-free policy adoption for local school districts in order to promote policy passage across North Carolina Apr 2007 - Aug 2007 ID# 61209 $29,469 to Adam O. Goldstein M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School 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 ID# 61124 $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 ID# 61107 $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 ID# 61104 $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 ID# 61103 $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 ID# 61072
$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 ID# 59324 $75,000 to Gerry Rainingbird M.S., Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Building
a grassroots campaign to support the introduction and passage of a
smoke-free ordinance in Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
ID# 59333 $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
ID# 59320 $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 ID# 59338 $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 ID# 59330 $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
ID# 59331 $66,974 to Joyce McFarland, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID
Efforts
to restrict tobacco sponsorship of rodeos Dec 2006 - Dec 2007
ID# 59344 $149,996 to Andrea Craig Dodge M.P.H., M.S.W., Public Health
Institute,
Oakland, CA
Developing
and strengthening a clean indoor air policy for the Northern Plains
Tribes Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 ID# 59339 $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 ID# 59345 $75,000 to 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 ID# 59337 $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 ID# 59328 $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 ID# 59319 $75,000 to Corrina Freedman B.A.,
American
Lung
Association of the City of New York Inc.
Colorado
Youth Access Project Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 ID# 59322 $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 ID# 59340 $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 ID# 59327 $99,939 to Sharon Day, Indigenous People
Task
Force, Minneapolis, MN
Eliminating
smoking in rental housing units Dec 2006 - Dec 2007 ID# 59343
$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 ID# 59346 $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 ID# 59323 $50,000 to Shelley Cooper-Ashford, Center
for
MultiCultural Health, Seattle, WA
Sustaining
Medicaid smoking cessation benefits in Massachusetts Dec 2006 - Dec
2007 ID # 59325 $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 ID# 59336 $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 ID# 59341 $71,120 to Shannon Pratt, American Cancer Society, Inc., Mid-South Division, Inc.
Outreach
and educational efforts for restaurants, bars, hotels and labor unions
on the positive impact of clean indoor air policy Nov 2006 - Nov
2008 ID# 57793 $480,280 to Paul H. McIntyre, Kids Involuntarily
Inhaling
Secondhand Smoke
Evaluation
of the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act Nov 2006 - Oct 2007 ID# 58492
$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 ID#
53311 $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 ID# 57483 $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
ID# 57556 $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 ID# 57859 $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 ID# 56051 $148,178 to Cynthia D. Hallett M.P.H., American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Continued
tobacco research on young adults in college and the military and a
working meeting on tobacco and socioeconomic status Dec 2005 - Dec
2008 ID# 56147 $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
ID# 56179 $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 ID# 55876 $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 ID# 53633 $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 ID# 55499 $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 ID# 55500 $99,988 to Amy Williamson B.A., M.P.P., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Effectiveness
of cigarette taxation in deterring smoking from one pregnancy to the
next Sep 2005 - Aug 2007 ID# 53634 $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 ID# 53811 $99,123 to
Matthew C.
Farrelly Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute
Educational
campaign for restaurant owners on smoke-free restaurants Aug 2005 -
Nov 2007 ID# 52810 $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 ID# 48283 $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 ID# 52445 $94,611 to Brett Loomis M.S., Research
Triangle
Institute
Helping
Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
Feb 2005 - Jul 2008 ID# 52624 $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
ID# 51533 $399,792 to Elizabeth M. Barbeau Sc.D., Dana Farber Cancer
Institute Inc.
Enhancing
and sustaining smoke-free environments Nov 2004 - Oct 2007
ID# 48090 $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 ID# 51908 $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 ID# 51529 $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 ID# 51792 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 ID# 51803 $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 ID# 51799 $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 ID# 48087 $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 ID# 49979 $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 ID# 41056 $1,800,000 to Linda Sarna R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
Do
national-level tobacco policies decrease smoking: A four-country
tobacco policy study Aug 2002 - Jul 2007 ID# 45734 $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 ID# 40083 $4,557,328 Richard R. Clayton Ph.D., University of Kentucky Research Foundation
State Health Leadership Initiative Jun 2007 - May 2010 ID# 57240 $3,098,765 to Jason Alan Hohl, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Examining
state capacity to develop the 10 leading indicators defined in Healthy
People 2010 overall and by geographic group Jan 2007 - Mar 2008
ID# 59944 $199,135 to Marsha Gold Sc.D., Mathematica Policy Research,
Inc.
Evaluation
of the State Health Leadership Initiative Jan 2006 - Jul 2007
ID# 53543 $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 ID# 55377 $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 ID# 55379 $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 ID# 55731 $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 ID# 53962 $724,494 to John M. Clymer, Partnership
for
Prevention
Building
sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health Jun
2005 - Dec 2007 ID# 52525 $3,838,995 to Jeffrey W. Levi Ph.D., Trust
for
America's Health
State Health Leadership Initiative Sep 2003 - Jul 2007 ID# 47838 $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 ID# 48241 $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 ID# 32769 $7,000,000 to Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D., University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
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