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The decline in the number of smokers and the consequent reduction in sickness and deaths caused by tobacco is one of the nation′s great public health success stories. Many factors contributed to the decline, notably governmental tobacco control policies such as increased cigarette taxes and smoke–free workplace laws. Studies published by tobacco–policy researchers influenced the adoption of these and other tobacco control public polices.

Although tobacco–policy research dates back to the 1970s, the emergence of a field of tobacco–policy research, nurtured by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, evolved primarily over the past fifteen years. This volume, the third in the acclaimed Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy, presents some of the most influential research that has defined the field and has contributed to policy change.

Required reading for anyone wishing to be conversant with tobacco control policy, the book is edited by Kenneth E. Warner dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan and a leading tobacco policy researcher who leads with an overview of the field. Warner′s overview is supported by reprints of some of the field′s most significant articles, written by leading scholars and practitioners.

The topics discussed are:

• Taxation and Price


• Clean Indoor Air Laws


• Advertising, Ad Bans, and Counteradvertising


• Possession, Use, and Purchase (PUP) Laws and Sales to Minors


• Cessation Policy


• Comprehensive State Laws

The book concludes with analyses of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation′s work to reduce smoking.

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The decline in the number of smokers and the consequent reduction in sickness and deaths caused by tobacco is one of the nation′s great public health success stories. Many factors contributed to the decline, notably governmental tobacco control policies such as increased cigarette taxes and smoke–free workplace laws. Studies published by tobacco–policy researchers influenced the adoption of these and other tobacco control public polices.

Although tobacco–policy research dates back to the 1970s, the emergence of a field of tobacco–policy research, nurtured by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, evolved primarily over the past fifteen years. This volume, the third in the acclaimed Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy, presents some of the most influential research that has defined the field and has contributed to policy change.

Required reading for anyone wishing to be conversant with tobacco control policy, the book is edited by Kenneth E. Warner dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan and a leading tobacco policy researcher who leads with an overview of the field. Warner′s overview is supported by reprints of some of the field′s most significant articles, written by leading scholars and practitioners.

The topics discussed are:

• Taxation and Price


• Clean Indoor Air Laws


• Advertising, Ad Bans, and Counteradvertising


• Possession, Use, and Purchase (PUP) Laws and Sales to Minors


• Cessation Policy


• Comprehensive State Laws

The book concludes with analyses of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation′s work to reduce smoking.

Contents:

Foreword (
Risa Lavizzo–Mourey).

Series Editors Introduction (Stephen L. Isaacs, James R. Knickman).

Editor s Introduction (Kenneth E. Warner).

Section One: A Review of the Field.

1. Tobacco Policy Research: Insights and Contributions to Public Health Policy (Kenneth E. Warner).

Section Two: Taxation and Price.

Reprints of Key Articles.

2. The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking (Eugene M. Lewit, Douglas Coate, Michael Grossman).

3. Smoking and Health Implications of a Change in the Federal Cigarette Excise Tax (Kenneth E. Warner).

4. An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction (Gary S. Becker, Michael Grossman, Kevin M. Murphy).

5. Is Addiction Rational ? Theory and Evidence (Jonathan Gruber, Botond Köszegi).

6. Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation (John Cawley, Sara Markowitz, John Tauras).

Section Three: Clean Indoor Air Laws.

Reprints of Key Articles.

7. The Effect of Ordinances Requiring Smoke–Free Restaurants on Restaurant Sales (Stanton A. Glantz, Lisa R. A. Smith).

8. Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking? (William N. Evans, Matthew C. Farrelly, Edward Montgomery).

9. Association Between Household and Workplace Smoking Restrictions and Adolescent Smoking (Arthur J. Farkas, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Martha M. White, John P. Pierce).

10. E ffect of Smoke–Free Workplaces on Smoking Behaviour: Systematic Review (Caroline M. Fichtenberg, Stanton A. Glantz).

Section 4: Advertising, Ad Bans, and Counteradvertising.

Reprints of Key Articles.

11. The Demand for Cigarettes: Advertising, the Health Scare, and the Cigarette Advertising Ban (James L. Hamilton).

12. Does Tobacco Advertising Target Young People to Start Smoking? (John P. Pierce, Elizabeth Gilpin, David M. Burns, Elizabeth Whalen, Bradley Rosbrook, Donald Shopland, Michael Johnson).

13. Cigarette Advertising and Magazine Coverage of the Hazards of Smoking: A Statistical Analysis (Kenneth E. Warner, Linda M. Goldenhar, Catherine G. McLaughlin).

14. Reducing Cigarette Consumption in California: Tobacco Taxes vs. an Anti–Smoking Media Campaign (Teh–wei Hu, Hai–Yen Sung, Theodore E. Keeler).

15. The Effect of Tobacco Advertising Bans on Tobacco Consumption (Henry Saffer, Frank Chaloupka).

Section 5: Possession, Use, and Purchase (PUP) Laws and Sales to Minors.

Reprints of Key Articles.

16. Active Enforcement of Cigarette Control Laws in the Prevention of Cigarette Sales to Minors (Leonard A. Jason, Peter Y. Ji, Michael D. Anes, Scott H. Birkhead).

17. The Effect of Enforcing Tobacco–Sales Laws on Adolescents Access to Tobacco and Smoking Behavior (Nancy A. Rigotti, Joseph R. DiFranza, YuChiao Chang, Thelma Tisdale, Becky Kemp, Daniel E. Singer).

Section 6: Cessation Policy.

Reprints of Key Articles.

18. Use and Cost Effectiveness of Smoking–Cessation Services Under Four Insurance Plans in a Health Maintenance Organization (Susan J. Curry, Louis C. Grothaus, Tim McAfee, Chester Pabiniak).

19. The Benefits of Switching Smoking Cessation Drugs to Over–the–Counter Status (Theodore E. Keeler, Teh–wei Hu, Alison Keith, Richard Manning, Martin D. Marciniak, Michael Ong, Hai–Yen Sung).

20. Evidence of Real–World Effectiveness of a Telephone Quitline for Smokers (Shu–Hong Zhu, Christopher M. Anderson, Gary J. Tedeschi, Bradley Rosbrook, Cynthia E. Johnson, Michael Byrd, Elsa Gutiérrez–Terrell).

21. The Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapies (John A. Tauras, Frank J. Chaloupka).

Section 7: Comprehensive State Laws.

Reprints of Key Articles.

22. Has the California Tobacco Control Program Reduced Smoking? (John P. Pierce, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Sherry L. Emery, Martha M. White, Brad Rosbrook, Charles C. Berry, Arthur J. Farkas).

23. Impact of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Programme: Population Based Trend Analysis (Lois Biener, Jeffrey E. Harris, William Hamilton).

24. Association of the California Tobacco Control Program with Declines in Cigarette Consumption and Mortality from Heart Disease (Caroline M. Fichtenberg, Stanton A. Glantz).

25. The Impact of Tobacco Control Program Expenditures on Aggregate Cigarette Sales: 1981 2000 (Matthew C. Farrelly, Terry F. Pechacek, Frank J. Chaloupka).

Section 8: The Role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Reprint from To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series.

26. Taking on Tobacco: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation s Assault on Smoking (James Bornemeier).

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Results Reports.

The Editors.

First Authors.

Sources.

Name Index.

Subject Index.