Projecting the effects of tobacco control policies in the USA through microsimulation: A study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Tam, Jamie ^a   Levy, David T ^b   Jeon, Jihyoun ^a   Clarke, John ^c   Gilkeson, Scott ^d   Hall, Tim ^c   Feuer, Eric J ^e   Holford, Theodore R ^f   Meza, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornerstone Systems Northwest Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette tax; microsimulation; minimum age of legal access to tobacco; policy simulation; smoke free air law; tobacco control policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SIMULATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; TAXES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053036797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019169     Document Type: Article

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