Reducing the amount of nicotine in cigarettes may lead some current smokers to smoke more – at least in the short term. But there’s also evidence that reducing nicotine in cigarettes can help reduce smoking.

In 2018, @RMFFIndy launched Prevention Matters, a multi-year grant initiative that aims to help Marion County schools identify, implement and sustain evidence-based substance use prevention programs. Learn more about lessons learned from the initiative:

@RMFFIndy was pleased to award an additional $1.2 million in implementation grants to existing Prevention Matters grantees in 2021 to extend the grant initiative for another year, due to the impact of COVID-19 on schools.