Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Tobacco Cessation
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States Slash Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Budgets
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. States collect billions of dollars in tobacco revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes—with less than two cents of every dollar going to fight tobacco use.
Primary Care Providers Advising Smokers to Quit
August 22, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine the effectiveness of primary care provider (PCP) smoking cessation counseling for people with alcohol, drug or mental (ADM) disorders found that PCPs can help smokers with ADM disorders successfully quit smoking.
Smoking-Cessation Treatment Utilizations
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.
Boosting Population Quits Through Evidence-Based Cessation Treatment and Policy
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.
Increasing the Demand for and Use of Effective Smoking-Cessation Treatments
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Smoking cessation efforts were the focus of this article.
Triple-Combination Pharmacotherapy for Medically Ill Smokers
April 7, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the effectiveness of a triple-combination pharmacotherapy for smokers who are medically ill. Medically ill smokers make up a disproportionately high percentage of all smokers, and there has been limited research on effective smoking cessation treatments for this population.
Spreading the Word
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
This project included three activities in conjunction with the April 1996 release of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline.
Smoking-Cessation Media Campaigns and Their Effectiveness Among Socioeconomically Advantaged and Disadvantaged Populations
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examined whether the impact of televised smoking cessation ads differed by a population's education and income.
The Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices on Youth Smoking Uptake
May 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The tobacco industry is relying more heavily on retail stores as marketing outlets.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Marriage and Smoking Cessation
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This study examines trajectories into marriage and out of health risk behaviors (such as smoking cessation) in order to better understand how marriage can be protective of health. Specifically, the authors investigate how marriage shapes well-being ...