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April 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The University of Illinois at Chicago studied the effect on smoking by youth if all cigarette packages were a standard color with black printing giving only the brand name, contents, and a health warning.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Rutgers University analyzed longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study to compare patterns of cigarette smoking over time among African-American and White males from childhood to young adulthood.
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
A working group of experts in the field of substance abuse research met at RWJF in a series of meetings in 1997.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
The National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed data of surveys of students and found that higher cigarette excise taxes would result in substantial reductions in smoking among teenagers and young adults.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Although the majority of smokers begin smoking in adolescence, for most, long-term smoking habits are crystallized in young adulthood. Approximately 22 percent of individuals ages 18 to 24 currently smoke. Despite these statistics, young adults are ...
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Adolescents benefit from having a friend whose parents are authoritative, even if their own are not.
June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health surveyed 591 tobacco cessation programs for young people, evaluated 41 programs, and described programs that were sustained.
December 9, 2005 | Program Result Report
Between November 1997 and February 1998, researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health conducted a follow-up survey of youth interviewed in the 1993 Massachusetts Tobacco Survey of Youth.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Joseph R. DiFranza, M.D., and a team of investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School analyzed the effectiveness of standard prescribed protocols used to determine whether merchants comply with laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors.
May 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
This two-part research study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, developed a greater understanding of the natural history of adolescent addiction to nicotine and the determinants of smoking uptake.