An estimated 60% of U.S. hospitals expect by the end of this year to have smoke-free campuses, meaning they prohibit smoking anywhere on their property, according to a study released today by The Joint Commission. Based on data from 1,916 hospitals, the study by The Joint Commission and Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention found that 45% of U.S. hospitals had smoke-free campuses as of February 2008, and another 15% planned to implement them by the close of 2009. The study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program. The AHA and its Association for Community Health Improvement are promoting a free resource to help hospitals achieve a smoke-free campus. The tool was developed by the Washington Health Foundation with guidance from an advisory committee co-chaired by AHA Trustee Raymond Grady, former president of Evanston (IL) Hospital.