Effect of policies directed at youth access to smoking: Results from the SimSmoke computer simulation model

Tobacco Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 108-116

  Levy, David T ^a,b   Friend, Karen ^c   Holder, Harold ^b   Carmona, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control policy; Simulation model; Youth access policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035378498     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.10.2.108     Document Type: Article

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