The role of public policies in reducing smoking prevalence and deaths caused by smoking in Arizona: Results from the Arizona tobacco policy simulation model

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Levy, David T ^a,f   Ross, Hana ^b   Powell, Lisa ^c   Bauer, Joseph E ^d   Lee, Hye Ryeon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation models; Smoking Arizona; Tobacco control policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 33845486113     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200701000-00010     Document Type: Article

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