© 2002 Tobacco Control
SMOKING INTERVENTION PROGRAMME
Adult smoking intervention programmes in Massachusetts: a comprehensive approach with promising results
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Harriet Robbins, EdM, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, 250 Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108-4619, USA;
harriet.robbins{at}state.ma.us
This paper provides a brief overview of the history of Massachusetts' opposition to smoking. It describes the current Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program and its smoking intervention programmes; changes in public opinion, perceptions and attitudes toward smoking; and programme impact. Massachusetts has been successful in developing a comprehensive intervention that has had encouraging results in changing public attitudes about smoking and in helping smokers to quit.
Keywords: intervention programmes; cessation
Abbreviations: ACS, American Cancer Society; ASSIST, Americans Stop Smoking Intervention Study; ETS, environmental tobacco smoke; MATS, Massachusetts Adult Tobacco Survey; MDPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; MTCP, Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program
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