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Journal Article

Focusing on the Five A's: A Comparison of Homeless and Housed Patients' Access to and Use of Pharmacist-Provided Smoking Cessation Treatment

Providers may reduce homeless-housed disparities in smoking by offering special Assist(ance) to homeless smokers that reduces barriers to initially accessing treatment services.

Mar 1, 2014
Journal Article

Prevalence and Correlates of Smoking Status Among Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Probable Major Depressive Disorder

The present study examined smoking prevalence and the demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics associated with smoking among a sample of Veterans Affairs primary care patients with probable major depression.

Feb 13, 2014
Blog

CVS and the Effect of In-Store Tobacco Displays on Smokers

CVS Caremark will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its CVS/pharmacy stores beginning Oct. 1. Though it stands to lose $2 billion dollars in annual revenue, CVS CEO Larry J. Merlo said that selling tobacco products is at odds with the company's mission of improving health outcomes.

Feb 6, 2014
Journal Article

Tobacco Use and Smoking Intentions Among U.S. Fifth-Grade Students

Racially/ethnically diverse preadolescent children share many of the same risk factors for smoking that have been found in studies of older children. Therefore, antismoking policies and programs might be more effective if designed for preadolescents as well as adolescents.

Nov 1, 2013
Commentary

Big Tobacco vs. Tobacco Regulation and Control: An Even Match?

Anti-tobacco policies that have clear scientific support will strengthen the FDA's regulatory position. While the evidence base is solid in this area, it needs to be much stronger and broader if the TCA is going to have any lasting success against the industry.

Aug 26, 2013
Journal Article

Racial Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment

The U.S. prison population grew nearly fivefold between 1980 and 2009, at least partially due to the “War on Drugs.” Racial disparities in criminal justice referrals to drug treatment potentially affect access to treatment for hundreds of thousands of individuals arrested for drug offenses each year.

May 13, 2013
Journal Article

Can Tobacco Control Endgame Analysis Learn Anything from the U.S. Experience with Illegal Drugs?

The goals of tobacco control endgame strategies are specified in terms of the desired levels of tobacco use and/or tobacco related health consequences.

May 1, 2013
Journal Article

Friends Moderate the Effects of Pro-Smoking Media on College Students' Intentions to Smoke

Exposure to prosmoking media (e.g., smoking in movies, advertising in magazines) contributes to smoking in young people.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

Workplace Strategies Are Needed to Protect Youth Across the Globe from Starting to Smoke

There is a strong association between adolescents' beginning to work and their beginning to smoke. Thus the workplace may be an appropriate venue for antismoking interventions targeting youth.

Sep 1, 2012
News Release

Efforts to Curb Tobacco Use in Arkansas Have Paid Dividends, but More Effort Needed

A decade of unprecedented efforts in Arkansas has cut cigarette use by nearly one-third and reduced incidence of tobacco-related illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke. To maintain the gains it has made, Arkansas should continue its financial commitment of devoting the tobacco settlement funds to public health programs.

Aug 16, 2012
Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress Through 2011 — Summary

This summary of the external evaluation of Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission activities looks at program implementation and changes in health outcomes associated with seven health-related programs funded by the Master Settlement Agreement over the past decade.

Aug 16, 2012
Report

Efforts to Curb Tobacco Use in Arkansas Have Paid Dividends, but More Effort Is Needed

A decade of unprecedented efforts in Arkansas has cut cigarette use by nearly one-third and reduced incidence of tobacco-related illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke. To maintain the gains it has made, Arkansas should continue its financial commitment of devoting the tobacco settlement funds to public health programs.

Aug 16, 2012
Journal Article

Toward a More Systematic Assessment of Smoking: Development of a Smoking Module for PROMIS®

The aim of the PROMIS® Smoking Initiative is to develop, evaluate, and standardize item banks to assess cigarette smoking behavior and biopsychosocial constructs associated with smoking for both daily and non-daily smokers.

Jul 31, 2012
Journal Article

Intergenerational Relationships Between the Smoking Patterns of a Population-Representative Sample of US Mothers and the Smoking Trajectories of Their Children

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

Apr 1, 2012
Journal Article

Resisting Smoking When a Best Friend Smokes: Do Intrapersonal and Contextual Factors Matter?

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.

Mar 1, 2012
Journal Article

Systematic Review of the Impact of Worksite Wellness Programs

Analyzes the impact of worksite wellness programs on health and financial outcomes, and the effect of incentives on participation.

Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article

Which Literacy Skills Are Associated with Smoking?

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

Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article

Momentary Effects of Exposure to Prosmoking Media on College Students' Future Smoking Risk

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).

Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article

Targeting Anti-Smoking Messages: Does Audience Race Matter?

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

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Peer Influence and Selection Processes in Adolescent Smoking Behavior: A Comparative Study

Adolescent smoking studies find evidence of active peer influence and selection processes.

Jan 1, 2012

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