Enforcement of Ohio's Smoke Free Workplace Law Through the Lens of Public Health Practice
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An estimated 77 percent of public health agencies in Ohio lose money enforcing the state’s smoke-free law.
Tobacco Taxes
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Why Have Tobacco Control Policies Stalled?
December 5, 2012 | Journal Article
While taxes have helped reduce tobacco use—the single largest cause of death in the United States—by more than 50 percent since the mid-1960s, tobacco use has been largely unchanged for the past 20 years.
Reaching Healthy People 2010 by 2013
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Researchers used the SimSmoke tobacco policy simulation to test the effects of three public health tobacco-control policies.
Public Policy to Maximize Tobacco Cessation
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
For smokers, quitting is the biggest step they can take to improve their health. Policy-based interventions, i.e., tax increases, smoke-free workplaces and increased insurance coverage, can encourage smokers to quit and help them succeed.
Using Tobacco Control Policies to Increase Consumer Demand for Smoking Cessation
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Common sense principles make it easier for consumers to try a new product. The same should be true of smoking-cessation products and services.This commentary reviews what drives consumer demand for tobacco cessation and how it lags behind what tobacco companies do to drive consumer demand for their products.
Prices, Policies, and Youth Smoking
May 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Unless the nations of the world act, within a generation as many as 10 million people per year will die from tobacco use.