Civil disobedience and tobacco control: the case of BUGA UP. Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotion...
Published in Tobacco control
Tobacco Control joins Index Medicus and Medline.
Published in Tobacco control
Tobacco industry efforts hindering enforcement of the ban on tobacco sales to minors: actions speak louder than words.
Published in Tobacco control
The evidence strongly suggests an industry strategy to undermine efforts to enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. As has been the case in the past, the tobacco industry is publicly endorsing a socially responsible goal while apparently taking action behind the scenes to ensure that the goal is not achieved.
Practical implications of recall bias.
Published in Tobacco control
American cigarette manufacturers' ability to pay damages: overview and a rough calculation.
Published in Tobacco control
The American cigarette industry's ability to pay large damage awards and settlement costs is not limited to its current annual profits of $7.6 billion, or $0.31 per pack. Much larger liability payments could be financed through increased wholesale cigarette prices or higher excise taxes. An increase in the federal cigarette excise tax of 50 cents p...
Why did Swiss citizens refuse to ban tobacco advertising?
Published in Tobacco control
A ban on tobacco advertising is one of the major tools to promote tobacco control. Swiss citizens recently refused to modify the Swiss Constitution to ban tobacco advertising. This case study shows how a strong alliance among the tobacco industry, the state, the media, and sports and cultural activities planners made it difficult for people to make...
Accuracy of patient recall of opportunistic smoking cessation advice in general practice.
Published in Tobacco control
Patient recall is systematically biased towards over-reporting of a question about smoking status and, among smokers, of advice to quit. Although we recommend its continued application in health services evaluation, findings should be interpreted with caution, particularly if subjects are male or the interval between recall of smoking cessation adv...
The tobacco industry's code of advertising in the United States: myth and reality.
Published in Tobacco control
The major American tobacco companies developed and agreed to abide by the Cigarette Advertising Code in 1964. The stated aims of the code were to prohibit advertising directed at young people, to prohibit advertising that used fraudulent health claims, and to assure compliance with the code's provisions through the establishment of an administrativ...
Self-service tobacco displays and consumer theft.
Published in Tobacco control
Tobacco policy rating form: a tool for evaluating worksite and tribal smoking control policies.
Published in Tobacco control
The TPRF seems worthy of future use as a tool to rate the strength and comprehensiveness of written tobacco policies. It may be extended to other settings such as schools and municipalities, or used by investigators studying behavioural or economic consequences of smoking policies. Those interested in policy change may find the TPRF useful as a way...
