The Effect of the California Tobacco Control Program on Smoking Prevalence, Cigarette Consumption, and Healthcare Costs: 1989-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lightwood, James ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; PREVALENCE; SMOKING REGULATION; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84873925353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047145     Document Type: Article

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