The Tobacco News Service – the Tobacco.org website and the Tobacco News daily newsletter – faces a severe budget shortfall and will close its doors in early 2007.
The ANR Foundation is working with the principals of the Tobacco News Service – Gene Borio and Mike (Tac) Tacelosky – to try to keep this important resource operating. We have secured a short-term grant from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) to continue the website and daily newsletter through mid-February of 2007 while exploring options to create a sustainable funding mechanism for the Tobacco News Service.
We appreciate your taking the time to complete this survey; it will help the ANR Foundation as we try to keep this important service operating after February 15, 2007.
Survey responses are anonymous, to protect the confidential nature of your replies, unless you choose to provide your contact information in Question 23.
First, we'd like to learn more about who uses the Tobacco.org News Service.
We would like to know what organization you work for.
Please note: We have grouped types of organizations under the sub-headings 1. Government Agency, 2. Private Sector and 3. Tobacco Control/Health Group/Research.
Please check ONLY ONE box TOTAL from among the three sub-headings.
1
Government Agency
CDC/Office on Smoking and Health
Local health department/health board
State Attorney General's office
State health department
Other, please specify: (e.g., EPA, NCI, ATF, DOJ)
2
Private Sector
Advertising or public relations firm
Media organization (e.g., newspaper, radio, television, magazine, etc.)
Tobacco manufacturer, tobacco trade association or other tobacco-associated organization
Other, please specify:
3
Tobacco Control/Health Group/Research
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Legacy Foundation
American Lung Association
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights/ANR Foundation
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Nonsmokers' rights group (e.g., state GASP, etc.)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
State tobacco settlement foundation
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
Tobacco control legal technical assistance project (e.g., TALC, SFELP)
University, college or other research organization
Volunteer (i.e., you are not paid for your work on tobacco issues)
Other, please specify (e.g., NAAG, ASTHO, etc.):
4
Is your organization located and/or does it conduct the bulk of its work OUTSIDE of the United States?
5
Does your organization receive financial support from any of the following organizations? Please check all that apply:
American Legacy Foundation
CDC/Office on Smoking and Health
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI)
National Cancer Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
State or local health department/tobacco control program
State tobacco settlement foundation
Tobacco manufacturer or other tobacco-associated organization
My organization receives no outside financial support to conduct its tobacco-related work.
State or local health group or foundation:
6
If your organization receives financial support from any other organization(s) than those listed above in Question 5, please specify:
7
Are you a member of a local or state tobacco control/prevention coalition?
We would also like to better understand if people visit the Tobacco.org website, receive the Tobacco News daily newsletter, or do both. And what users do with the information they find on the website or in the newsletter.
8
Have you visited the Tobacco.org website?
If NO, skip to question 14.
9
If YES:
On average, how often do you visit the Tobacco.org website?
At least once a day
At least once a week
At least once a month
Less than once a month
10
What information and materials do you find most useful about the Tobacco.org web-site? Please check all that apply:
Headlines (searchable collection of tobacco-related headlines for current day, past 2 or 5 days)
News Briefs (searchable collection of all articles in the database)
Quotes (searchable collection of key tobacco-related quotes)
Ads archives (searchable collection of tobacco ads)
Info Pages (collection of statements and materials on key tobacco-related issues and events)
Links
Other, please specify:
11
Have you ever conducted a search on the Tobacco.org website?
12
What do you like about the existing Tobacco.org website?
13
Is there anything you would like to see done differently with the Tobacco.org website?
14
Do you receive the Tobacco News daily newsletter via email?
If NO: skip to question 19
15
If YES:
What information do you find most useful about the Tobacco News daily newsletter? Please check all that apply:
Press clips
PR wire releases
Lawsuits materials
Research articles
Tobacco-related Reports
Information on specific topics, please specify:
16
Please specify if there is other information that you find most useful about the Tobacco News daily newsletter.
17
What do you like about the existing Tobacco News daily newsletter service?
18
Is there anything you would like to see done differently with the Tobacco News daily newsletter service?
19
Do you regularly distribute or forward items from the Tobacco.org website and/or the Tobacco News daily newsletter to others working on tobacco-related issues?
20
Please briefly describe how you use the information you receive from the Tobacco.org website and/or the Tobacco News daily newsletter.
We are exploring a number of options to keep the Tobacco News Service operating. One possibility is to partially or fully support the services by charging a subscription fee to receive the daily newsletter and access the Tobacco.org website.
21
If it were the only way to keep the service operating, would you be willing to pay a subscription to have access to the Tobacco News daily newsletter and the Tobacco.org website?
If NO: skip to question 23
22
If YES:
What could your organization afford to pay for an annual subscription? Please check one of the following ranges:
$100-$180 a year (up to $15 a month)
$180-$300 a year (up to $25 a month)
$300-$600 a year (up to $50 a month)
$600-$1,200 a year (up to $100 a month)
Unable to afford to pay anything
Other annual amount:
In closing, we'd like to thank you for your help. We will keep subscribers posted on any developments.
23
If you would be willing to write a letter of support or testimonial describing how the Tobacco News Service has supported your work, please list your contact information below.
Please note: Your personal info will be kept confidential and all data will be reported in aggregate and not attributed to any specific individual.
