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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 ...
August 8, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2011, the American Legacy Foundation ran "Become an EX," a national smoking cessation media campaign that portrayed quitting smoking as a challenging yet achievable goal.
March 1, 2010 | Commentary
A wallet card with information on quitting smoking presents a simple strategy to address a vital public health concern. This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In November 2008, a national workgroup released a call for ACTTION (Access to Cessation Treatment for Tobacco In Our Nation): An Action Plan to Address the Lack of Access to Tobacco-Use Treatment. This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This paper provides the analytic framework that guides two subsequent papers in this special supplement that use computer simulation modeling to show how these specific policies (and others) can impact reductions in smoking prevalence.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines changes in tobacco quitlines between 2005 and 2006. Tomacco quitlines have been shown to be an effective, lower-cost method to help smokers quit. Quitlines are more effective than self-help materials, single-session counseling, or other minimal interventions.
December 9, 2010 | Program Result Report
In 2005 tobacco control leaders formed the Consumer Demand Roundtable to shift the tobacco control field to seeing smokers as consumers of cessation products and services by making treatments more appealing and consumer friendly.