The end of 2009 witnessed the wind down of a five-year, $16 million program between the Department of Justice and the Foundation to combat the use of crystal methamphetamine throughout the state. Grants strengthened law enforcement and the network of prevention services, increased access to treatment services and improved public awareness of the impact of crystal meth.

Last year also marked the 10 year anniversary of the creation of the Tobacco Control and Prevention Trust Fund, which allocated revenues from the national settlement between the states and large tobacco companies. The Foundation manages the trust fund on behalf of the state to deliver a wide range of services and activities. In support of the state’s comprehensive tobacco control program, over $41 million has been utilized for activities including cessation interventions, health communications interventions (e.g., grants to community-based programs).

Over the 10 year period, the adult smoking prevalence rate has fallen from 19.9 percent in 2000 to 15.4 percent in 2008 (2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) and the rate of high schoolers currently smoking has fallen from 24.5 percent in 2000 to 11.3 percent in 2009 (2009 Hawai‘i Youth Tobacco Survey).

Visit our website to read the 10 Year Report on the Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund or the final evaluation report of our Crystal Methamphetamine Initiative.