2012-05-24T14:58:01Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/tobacco-and-smoking.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100285.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

The authors assessed intergenerational transmission of smoking in mother-child dyads.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100222.html Feb 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012

The strong link between having a best friend who smoked and increased adolescent smoking isn't affected by individual factors such as self-esteem, depressing and access to cigarettes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120001.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

Increases in reading skills and numeracy skills substantially increase the odds that an individual will quit smoking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120047.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine acute changes in college students' future smoking risk as a function of their exposure to prosmoking media (e.g., smoking in movies, paid advertising, point-of-sale displays).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120041.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

In this paper, we examine the possibility that maternal smoking during pregnancy may set off a behavioral trajectory for the child that increases the likelihood of problem behaviors generally, of which smoking is one manifestation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200107.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

This study examined whether an adolescent's self-identified race moderates the perceived effectiveness of anti-smoking messages.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100188.html Nov 30, 2011 Nov 30, 2011

This analysis examines smoking behaviors across sexual orientation groups by describing how same- and opposite-sex romantic attraction, and changes in romantic attraction, are associated with trajectories of smoking over six years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100179.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011

The large cross-school variation in the cost of implementing Project CHOICE (a voluntary after-school prevention program for adolescents) highlights the importance of collecting cost information from multiple sites.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110026.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011

Real-time data collected by palm-top computer confirms individual differences in situational smoking associations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110081.html May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011

More-popular middle school students are more likely to be cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past-month drinkers, suggesting that popularity is a risk factor for substance abuse.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR823.html Mar 8, 2011 Mar 8, 2011

In order to inform the European Commission's formal Impact Assessment for a revision to the Tobacco Products Directive, this study provides an overview of evidence for tobacco product regulation and an analysis of health and economic implications.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110070.html Feb 2, 2011 Feb 2, 2011

There is no statistically significant evidence that the Mexico City smoke-free law had a negative impact on restaurants' income, employees' wages and levels of employment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110017.html Jan 16, 2011 Jan 16, 2011

The PROMIS Smoking Initiative has the goal of developing, evaluating, and making widely available a set of items for assessing smoking behavior and the biopsychosocial constructs that can be used to predict smoking outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100256.html Jan 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011

Exposure to movies that portray motivations for smoking places adolescents at particular risk for future smoking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100277.html Jan 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011

We assessed the effect of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) spending on smoking disparities in Arkansas, which distinguished itself from other states by investing all of its MSA funds in health-related programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110006.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Latent class analysis. A new approach to studying the role of place in population health, can be used in both research and practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100237.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

College students were exposed to protobacco marketing through multiple channels in a relatively short period: Exposures occurred primarily in the afternoon (42%), on weekends (35%), and at point-of-purchase locations (68%) or in movies/TV (20%), and exposures to Marlboro, Newport, and Camel represented 56% of all exposures combined and 70% of branded exposure.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100108.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Previously abstinent smokers who lapse are at risk for increased cigarette cravings and full-blown relapse. The findings have implications for cognitive–behavioral treatments to prevent relapse and medications to help smokers manage cravings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100101.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

This paper discusses a contemporary social cognitive framework that can be used to understand the role of the self-concept in smoking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110075.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Clinicians are more likely to treat symptoms of nicotine withdrawal when smoking is restricted. Hospitals should monitor prescriptions for nicotine replacement therapies to ensure high quality patient care.