Conclusions Exposure to smoke‐free laws at age 18 appears to be prospectively associated with reduced daily smoking initiation 1–6 years later.Andrea R. TitusNew York University,New York,NY,USAJames F. ThrasherUniversity of South Carolina,Columbia,SC,USA↑National Institute of Public Health,...
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restaurants and/or bars. The researchers examined these laws in the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia.
In 2006, the Chinese government earned more than 30 billion US dollars in revenue (profits and tax) from the tobacco industry, accounting for approximately 8% of its total government revenue (Chen, 2007). However, in recent years, China also implemented laws similar to those in the US that...
"This largely reflects historically weaker state- and local-level tobacco control policies and programs in those areas, including low taxes on cigarettes and weak comprehensive smoke-free laws and tobacco cessation programs," commented study author Farhad Islami, MD, PhD, scientific director, Cancer ...
Others have pointed out that the debate over wearing masks is a lot like the debates a couple of decades ago over seatbelt laws. There’s even an article about it, fromBusiness Insider: Massachusetts radio personality Jerry Williams transformed his talk show into acrusade against seat belts, ga...
Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming have no laws to protect residents fromsecondhand smoke. Cigarette taxes average $1.34 a pack nationally, ranging from $4.35 in New York to 17 cents in Missouri. No states implemented CDC recommendations for smoking-cessation ca...
The formula for success is no longer guesswork: Adopt tough warning labels, air public service ads, fund smoking cessation programs and impose smoke-free laws.2. If you can stop them from smoking, you’ve won the war. Few people start smoking after turning eighteen.3.The 10 states with th...
King said there are proven ways to get people to quit using tobacco. These include increasing the price of tobacco, enacting smoke-free laws, and media campaigns that expose the dangers of tobacco and the benefits of quitting, he explained. ...
comprehensive statewide smoke-free laws, adequate funding for state tobacco prevention and cessation programs and ensure all Medicaid enrollees have access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services including all three types of counseling and all FDA-approved medications. We have the tools to get this ...