The cost-effectiveness of raising the legal smoking age in California

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 330-340

  Ahmad, Sajjad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent smoking; Cost effectiveness; Enforcement; Prevention; Smoking uptake; System dynamics; Tobacco sales laws; Youth access laws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 18844451776     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X05276859     Document Type: Article

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