Research Catalog

Title

Ending the tobacco problem : a blueprint for the nation / Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Richard J. Bonnie, Kathleen Stratton, and Robert B. Wallace, editors.

Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Bonnie, Richard J.
• Stratton, Kathleen R.
• Wallace, Robert B., 1942-

Description

xvi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm +

Subject

• Tobacco use > United States > Prevention
• Smoking > United States > Prevention
• Public health > United States
• Tobacco Use Disorder > prevention & control
• Health Policy
• Smoking > legislation & jurisprudence
• Smoking Prevention
• Smoking Cessation > legislation & jurisprudence
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Epidemiology of Tobacco Use: History and Current Trends -- 2. Factors Perpetuating the Tobacco Problem -- 3. Containing the Tobacco Problem -- 4. Reducing Tobacco Use: A Policy Framework -- 5. Strengthening Traditional Tobacco Control Measures -- 6. Changing the Regulatory Landscape -- 7. New Frontiers of Tobacco Control -- App. A. Abrams: Comprehensive Smoking Cessation for All Smokers -- App. B. Bonta: Clean Air Laws -- App. C. Ferrence: Warning Labels and Packaging -- App. D. Flay: The Long-Term Promise of Effective School-Based Smoking Prevention Programs -- App. E. Halpern-Felsher: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Perceptions of Tobacco Use -- App. F. Halpern-Felsher: Interventions for Children and Youth in the Health Care Setting -- App. G. Halpern-Felsher: Reducing and Preventing Tobacco Use Among Pregnant Women, Parents, and Families -- App. H. Halpern-Felsher: Smoking in the Movies -- App. I. Kinney: State Statutes Governing Direct Shipment of Alcoholic Beverages to Consumers -- App. J. Levy: The Role of Public Policies in Reducing Smoking Prevalence -- App. K. Mendez: Commissioned Simulation Modeling of Smoking Prevalence As an Outcome of Selected Tobacco Control Measures -- App. L. Rabin: Controlling the Retail Sales Environment -- App. M. Ribisl: Sales and Marketing of Cigarettes on the Internet -- App. N. Slater: Media Campaigns and Tobacco Control -- App. O. Sparks: Advocacy As a Tobacco Control Strategy -- App. P. Wallace: Special Populations with Higher Rates of Cigarette Smoking.

ISBN

• 9780309103824 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0309103827 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007027676

OCLC

• ocn154885557
• 154885557
• SCSB-5371047

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries