The AMA proposal to mandate nicotine reduction in cigarettes: A simulation of the population health impacts

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-180

  Tengs, Tammy O ^b   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a   Savage, Jennifer M ^a   Moore, Rebecca ^a   Gage, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Population; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARKET; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7944222898     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.017     Document Type: Article

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