Objective: To quantify the effects of smoke-free workplaces on smoking in employees and
compare these effects to those achieved through tax increases. Design: Systematic review …

Background Mass media tobacco control campaigns can reach large numbers of people.
Much of the literature is focused on the effects of tobacco control advertising on young …

Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the
application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies. We discuss the …

Objectives: To examine (1) whether dust and surfaces in households of smokers are
contaminated with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS);(2) whether smoking parents can …

Individual characteristics, family-and school-related variables, and environmental variables
have equal importance in understanding Internet addiction. Most previous studies on …

Abstract BACKGROUND: The American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the National Center …

Objective: To determine the relation between extent of restrictions on smoking at home, at
school, and in public places and smoking uptake and smoking prevalence among school …

This article reviews studies of the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking rates with the
aim of providing guidance on the importance of different policies. Based on past studies, we …

Objective: To examine usage rates of smoking-cessation assistance and to compare the
success rate of those who used assistance with the success rate of those who did not …

Background The California Tobacco Control Program, a large, aggressive antitobacco
program implemented in 1989 and funded by a voter-enacted cigarette surtax, accelerated …