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Ending the tobacco problem : a blueprint for the nation / Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Richard J. Bonnie, Kathleen Stratton, and Robert B. Wallace, editors.
LIBRA HV5763 .I67 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tobacco use--United States--Prevention.
- Tobacco use.
- Smoking--United States--Prevention.
- Smoking.
- United States.
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- Tobacco Use Disorder--prevention & control.
- Health Policy.
- Smoking--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Smoking Prevention.
- Smoking Cessation--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Medical Subjects:
- Tobacco Use Disorder--prevention & control.
- United States.
- Health Policy.
- Smoking--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Smoking Prevention.
- Smoking Cessation--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains appendices A-P, which are listed on p. xv-xvi.
- Contents:
- 1 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use: History and Current Trends 41
- Growth of the Tobacco Problem 41
- Decline in Tobacco Use: 1965-2005 45
- Recent Trends: A Closer Look 51
- Emerging Challenges 68
- 2 Factors Perpetuating the Tobacco Problem 77
- Nature of Nicotine Addiction 77
- Smoking Cessation 82
- Smoking Initiation 88
- Atypical Patterns of Tobacco Use 93
- Populations at Greater Risk of Continuing Smoking 95
- 3 Containing the Tobacco Problem 107
- Public Health Takes on the Tobacco Industry: 1964-1988 109
- Advances in Tobacco Control: 1988-2005 116
- Tobacco Control in the Years Ahead: Will Progress Continue?, 128
- Part II A Blueprint for Reducing Tobacco Use
- 4 Reducing Tobacco Use: A Policy Framework 145
- Product Safety and Consumer Sovereignty 145
- The Policy Context 146
- The Ethical Context 148
- An Aside on the Paternalism Problem 150
- Tobacco Products Are Inherently Dangerous 152
- Blueprint Outline 154
- 5 Strengthening Traditional Tobacco Control Measures 157
- Comprehensive State Programs 158
- Funding for Comprehensive State Programs 172
- Excise Tax 182
- Smoking Restrictions 189
- Youth Access 203
- Retail Shipments 207
- Prevention Interventions 210
- Media Campaigns to Prevent Smoking 223
- Cessation Interventions 231
- Community Mobilization 241
- Special Populations with Higher Rates of Cigarette Smoking 247
- Projected Impact of Strengthening Existing Tobacco Control Measures 249
- 6 Changing the Regulatory Landscape 271
- Federal Regulatory Authority Is Needed 272
- Empowering FDA to Regulate Tobacco 275
- A Regulatory Philosophy 277
- Tobacco Product Characteristics Should Be Regulated 279
- Messages on Tobacco Packages Should Promote Health 289
- The Retail Environment for Tobacco Sales Should Be Transformed to Promote the Public Health 299
- The Federal Government Should Mandate Industry Payments for Tobacco Control and Should Support and Coordinate State Funding 308
- Tobacco Advertising Should Be Further Restricted 319
- Youth Exposure to Smoking in Movies and Other Media Should Reduced 330
- Surveillance and Evaluation Should Be Enhanced 333
- 7 New Frontiers of Tobacco Control 341
- Tobacco Policy Analysis and Development 341
- Reducing the Nicotine Content of Cigarettes 346
- A Abrams: Comprehensive Smoking Cessation for All Smokers
- B Bonta: Clean Air Laws
- C Ferrence: Warning Labels and Packaging
- D Flay: The Long-Term Promise of Effective School-Based Smoking Prevention Programs
- E Halpern-Felsher: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Perceptions of Tobacco Use
- F Halpern-Felsher: Interventions for Children and Youth in the Health Care Setting
- G Halpern-Felsher: Reducing and Preventing Tobacco Use Among Pregnant Women, Parents, and Families
- H Halpern-Felsher: Smoking in the Movies
- I Kinney: State Statutes Governing Direct Shipment of Alcholic Beverages to Consumers
- J Levy: The Role of Public Policies in Reducing Smoking Prevalence
- K Mendez: Commissioned Simulation Modeling of Smoking Prevalence as an Outcome of Selected Tobacco Control Measures
- L Rabin: Controlling the Retail Sales Environment
- M Ribisl: Sales and Marekting of Cigarettes on the Internet
- N Slater: Media Campaigns and Tobacco Control
- O Sparks: Advocacy as a Tobacco Control Strategy
- P Wallace: Special Populations with Higher Rates of Cigarette Smoking.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780309103824
- 0309103827
- OCLC:
- 154885557
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