The role of public policies in reducing smoking prevalence: results from the Michigan SimSmoke tobacco policy simulation model

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 615-625

  Levy, David T ^a   Huang, An Tsun ^a   Havumaki, Joshua S ^b   Meza, Rafael ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

SimSmoke; Simulation modeling; Smoking prevalence; Smoking attributable deaths; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TAX; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961213385     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-016-0735-4     Document Type: Article

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