Tob Control 1998;7:333-335 ( Winter )

Editorial

Improving the measurement and use of tobacco control "inputs"

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

In recent years, countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia have witnessed a slowing of the decline (or a levelling off or increase) in adult or teenage smoking prevalence.^1-6 Searching for convincing explanations as to why this has been occurring, one is struck by the paucity of monitoring data on tobacco control activity or "inputs". During the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in policy research, mostly examining the behavioural or economic consequences of such policies.^7 8 Despite this, it is notable that there have been few published accounts of the measurement of the comprehensiveness and strength of policies.^9-12

The article by Alciati et al ¹³ in this issue of Tobacco Control is an exception. Alciati and colleagues report on the results of an attempt to rate each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the extensiveness of legislative provisions to reduce youth access . . . [Full text of this article]

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Li, M., Chapman, S., Agho, K., Eastman, C. J. (2008). Can even minimal news coverage influence consumer health-related behaviour? A case study of iodized salt sales, Australia. Health Educ Res 23: 543-548 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Chapman, S, Freeman, B (2008). Markers of the denormalisation of smoking and the tobacco industry. Tobacco Control 17: 25-31 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Clegg Smith, K., Cho, J., Gielen, A., Vernick, J. S (2007). Newspaper coverage of residential fires: an opportunity for prevention communication. Inj. Prev. 13: 110-114 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Wakefield, M., Mcleod, K., Smith, K. C. (2003). Individual versus corporate responsibility for smoking-related illness: Australian press coverage of the Rolah McCabe trial. HEALTH PROMOT INT 18: 297-305 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Chriqui, J F, Frosh, M M, Fues, L A, el Arculli, R, Stillman, F A (2002). State laws on youth access to tobacco: an update, 1993-1999. Tobacco Control 11: 163-164 [Full Text]  
• Chriqui, J F, Frosh, M, Brownson, R C, Shelton, D M, Sciandra, R C, Hobart, R, Fisher, P H, el Arculli, R, Alciati, M H (2002). Application of a rating system to state clean indoor air laws (USA). Tobacco Control 11: 26-34 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Chapman, S., Wakefield, M. (2001). Tobacco Control Advocacy in Australia: Reflections on 30 Years of Progress. Health Educ Behav 28: 274-289 [Abstract]  
• Wakefield, M., Chaloupka, F. (2000). Effectiveness of comprehensive tobacco control programmes in reducing teenage smoking in the USA. Tobacco Control 9: 177-186 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• CHAPMAN, S. (1999). The news on tobacco control: time to bring the background into the foreground. Tobacco Control 8: 237-239 [Full Text]