The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths. Findings from the Netherlands SimSmoke Tobacco Control Policy Simulation Model

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 407-416

  Nagelhout, Gera E ^a,b   Levy, David T ^c   Blackman, Kenneth ^c   Currie, Laura ^d,e   Clancy, Luke ^d   Willemsen, Marc C ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STIVORO Dutch Expert Centre on Tobacco Control   (Netherlands)

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

^d TobaccoFree Research Institute   (Ireland)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Prevalence rates; Public policy; Simulation model; Smoking attributable deaths; The Netherlands; Tobacco control policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855933269     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03642.x     Document Type: Article

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