ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012
Program, policy, and price interventions for tobacco control: quantifying the return on investment of a state tobacco control program.
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- State Tobacco Policies as Predictors of Evidence-Based Cessation Method Usage: Results From a Large, Nationally Representative Dataset.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
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- Communicating program outcomes to encourage policymaker support for evidence-based state tobacco control.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Study protocol--Indigenous Australian social networks and the impact on smoking policy and programs in Australia: protocol for a mixed-method prospective study.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Insights in public health: taxing sugar sweetened beverages to improve public health: policy action in Hawai'i. Doctoral Health Policy Seminar, Spring 2013.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined health effects associated with 3 tobacco control interventions in Washington State: a comprehensive state program, a state policy banning smoking in public places, and price increases.
methodsWe used linear regression models to predict changes in smoking prevalence and specific tobacco-related health conditions associated with the interventions. We estimated dollars saved over 10 years (2000-2009) by the value of hospitalizations prevented, discounting for national trends.
resultsSmoking declines in the state exceeded declines in the nation. Of the interventions, the state program had the most consistent and largest effect on trends for heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer. Over 10 years, implementation of the program was associated with prevention of nearly 36,000 hospitalizations, at a value of about $1.5 billion. The return on investment for the state program was more than $5 to $1.
conclusionsThe combined program, policy, and price interventions resulted in reductions in smoking and related health effects, while saving money. Public health and other leaders should continue to invest in tobacco control, including comprehensive programs.
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