Editorials

	Improving the measurement and use of tobacco control "inputs" MELANIE A WAKEFIELD and FRANK J CHALOUPKA Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 333-335. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.333 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cigarette testing methods, product design, and labelling: time to clean up the "negative baggage" JEFFREY S WIGAND Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 336-337. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.336 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Cover essay

	Impact of a gallery of posters on quitting smoking Raul H Sansores, Fabiola R Valdelamar, Fernanda L Giraldo, Alejandra Ramirez-Venegas, and Jaime Villalba-Caloca Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 338-339. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News analysis

	Senegal: now you see it, now you don'tPM's April Fool's joke on Clinton ANNA WHITE Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 340. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.340 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	How to make the US State Department's tobacco directive work for you: Senegal's case ANNA WHITE Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 340. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.340a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	EU/UK: ad ban busting plan Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 340. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.340b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Alaska: Trampling tobacco MARGARET LANIER Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 340. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.340c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Seizing the microphone on Capitol Hill CLIFF DOUGLAS Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 340. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.340d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

	State laws on youth access to tobacco in the United States: measuring their extensiveness with a new rating system Marianne H Alciati, Marcy Frosh, Sylvan B Green, Ross C Brownson, Peter H Fisher, Robin Hobart, Adele Roman, Russell C Sciandra, and Dana M Shelton Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 345-352. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.345 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Gender and ethnic differences in young adolescents' sources of cigarettes Leslie A Robinson, Robert C Klesges, and Susan M Zbikowski Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 353-359. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.353 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Influence of physician and patient gender on provision of smoking cessation advice in general practice Jane M Young and Jeanette E Ward Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 360-363. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.360 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Does over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy improve smokers' life expectancy? William F Lawrence, Stevens S Smith, Timothy B Baker, and Michael C Fiore Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 364-368. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.364 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Filter ventilation and nicotine content of tobacco in cigarettes from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States Lynn T Kozlowski, Nicholas Y Mehta, Christine T Sweeney, Stephen S Schwartz, George P Vogler, Martin J Jarvis, and Robert J West Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 369-375. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.369 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Predictors of crop diversification: a survey of tobacco farmers in North Carolina (USA) David G Altman, Daniel J Zaccaro, Douglas W Levine, David Austin, Carol Woodell, Betty Bailey, Michael Sligh, Gerry Cohn, and James Dunn Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 376-382. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.376 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Patterns of smoking in Bulgaria Dina Balabanova, Martin Bobak, and Martin McKee Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 383-385. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.383 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Recognition of cigarette brand names and logos by primary schoolchildren in Ankara, Turkey Salih Emri, Tülay Bagci, Yalçin Karakoca, and Enis Baris Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 386-392. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.386 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special communications

	The tobacco scandal: where is the outrage? C Everett Koop Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 393-396. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.393 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Tobacco control advocates must demand high-quality media campaigns: the California experience Edith D Balbach and Stanton A Glantz Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 397-408. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.397 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review article

	Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature Suzanne L Tyas and Linda L Pederson Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 409-420. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.409 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Commentaries

	Patient perceptions: an important contributor to how physicians approach tobacco cessation Leif I Solberg, Thomas E Kottke;, Matthew R Majeskie, Michael C Fiore, and Timothy B Baker Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 421-423. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.421 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

The lighter side

	Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 424-425. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.424 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Industry watch

	Consolidation in the tobacco industry ROSS HAMMOND Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 426-428. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.426 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Ad Watch

	Strategic marketing of cigarettes to young people in Sri Lanka: "Go aheadI want to see you smoke it now" TAMSYN SEIMON and GARRETT L MEHL Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 429-433. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.429 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Web watch

	Y-1 papers, white paper, Chinese mortality, BC ingredient disclosure, SRNT, PANNA, foundation watch, plus youth shoplifting Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 434-437. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Speaking personally

	Preaching on Tobacco Road MICHAEL E SAWYER Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 438-440. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.438 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Smoking in movies remained high in 1997 THERESA STOCKWELL TETI and STANTON A GLANTZ Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 441. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.441 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	Smoking: rates and attitudes among health services staff in Central Sydney, Australia ANN-MAREE HUGHES and CHRIS RISSEL Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 441. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.441a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	"Zero tolerance" for student smokers MARC T PERICAK Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 441-442. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.441b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]
	87-year-old patches? SHELDON B COHEN Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 442. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.442 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituary

	Anti-spit tobacco crusader Bill Tuttle JANE IMHOLTE Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 443-444. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Calendar of events

	Tobacco Control 1998; 7: 445. doi:10.1136/tc.7.4.445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]