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Journal Article

Multisite Cost Analysis of a School-Based Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program

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.

Sep 1, 2011
Journal Article

Within-day Temporal Patterns of Smoking, Withdrawal Symptoms, and Craving

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

Sep 1, 2011
Journal Article

Economic Impact of Mexico City's Smoke-Free Law

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.

Feb 3, 2011
Journal Article

A Unified Framework for Smoking Assessment: The PROMIS Smoking Initiative

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.

Jan 17, 2011
Journal Article

Lapse-induced Surges in Craving Influence Relapse in Adult Smokers: An Experimental Investigation

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.

Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article

The Role of the Self in Smoking Initiation and Smoking Cessation: A Review and Blueprint for Research at the Intersection of Social-Cognition and Health

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

Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article

Nicotine Replacement Prescribing Trends in a Large Psychiatric Hospital, Before and After Implementation of a Hospital-Wide Smoking Ban

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.

Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article

The Effects of Arkansas Master Settlement Spending on Disparities in Smoking

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.

Jan 1, 2011
Research Brief

The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Programs: The Impact of One State's Investment in the Health of its Residents

Summarizes results of RAND's evaluation of the progress and impact of Arkansas' antismoking and health programs established with its share of tobacco settlement funds.

Jun 23, 2010
Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2008 and 2009

Updates RAND's evaluation of the antismoking and health programs established by the state of Arkansas with its share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds.

Jun 17, 2010
Journal Article

Tobacco Industry Manipulation Messages in Anti-Smoking Public Service Announcements: The Effect of Explicitly Versus Implicitly Delivering Messages

Message content in anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) can be delivered explicitly (directly with concrete statements) or implicitly (indirectly via metaphor), and the method of delivery may affect the efficacy of those PSAs. The purpose of this study was to conduct an initial test of this idea using tobacco industry manipulation PSAs in adolescents.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Shaping Smoking Cessation in Hard-To-Treat Smokers

Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Change in Smoking Status

Whether or not an adolescent stops or begins smoking is influenced by whether or not his/her romantic relationship smokes.

Jan 1, 2010
Periodical

RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2009

A section on U.S. health care reform accompanies features on piracy, education priorities, emerging technologies, and Arkansas antismoking programs; other stories discuss climate change, parolees, oil risks, Mexican security, and global drug policies.

Aug 17, 2009
Journal Article

Uncovering the Most Effective Active Ingredients of Antismoking Public Service Announcements: The Role of Actor and Message Characteristics

The effect of antismoking public service announcements can be strengthened by using actors whom adolescents perceive to be appealing.

Jan 1, 2009
Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2006 and 2007

Updates RAND's evaluation of the antismoking and health programs established by the state of Arkansas with its share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds.

Dec 21, 2008
Journal Article

The Effectiveness of Covering Smoking Cessation Services for Medicare Beneficiaries

Examined whether reimbursement for Provider Counseling, Pharmacotherapies, and a telephone Quitline increase smoking cessation relative to Usual Care. A telephone Quitline in conjunction with low-cost Pharmacotherapy was found to be the most effective means of reducing smoking in the elderly.

Jan 1, 2008
Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005

Evaluates the progress of Arkansas' seven health related programs funded by the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

Mar 26, 2007
Journal Article

Contingencies for Change in Complacent Smokers

The majority of smokers have no plans to quit in the near future.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Daily Smoking Patterns, Their Determinants, and Implications for Quitting

In this article, the authors examine daily temporal patterns of smoking in relation to environmental restrictions on smoking and cessation outcomes.

Jan 1, 2007

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