Ending the Tobacco Problem

Richard J. Bonnie, Editor, Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Introduction; 4 1 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use: History and Current Trends; 5 2 Factors Perpetuating the Tobacco Problem; 6 3 Containing the Tobacco Problem; 7 4 Reducing Tobacco Use: A Policy Framework; 8 5 Strengthening Traditional Tobacco Control Measures; 9 6 Changing the Regulatory Landscape; 10 7 New Frontiers of Tobacco Control; 11 Index; 12 Appendix A: Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Policy for All Smokers: Systems Integration to Save Lives and Money; 13 Appendix B: Clean Air Laws; 14 Appendix C: Warning Labels and Packaging; 15 Appendix D: The Long-Term Promise of Effective School-Based Smoking Prevention Programs; 16 Appendix E: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Perceptions of Tobacco Use: A Review and Critique of the Current Literature; 17 Appendix F: Interventions for Children and Youth in the Health Care Setting; 18 Appendix G: Reducing and Preventing Tobacco Use Among Pregnant Women, Parents, and Families; 19 Appendix H:Smoking in the Movies: Its Impact on Youth and Youth Smoking; 20 Appendix I: State Statutes Governing Direct Shipment of Alcoholic Beverages to Consumers: Precedents for Regulating Tobacco Retail Shipments; 21 Appendix J: The Role of Public Policies in Reducing Smoking Prevalence: Results from the SimSmoke Tobacco Policy Simulation Model; 22 Appendix K: Commissioned Simulation Modeling of Smoking Prevalence as an Outcome of Selected Tobacco Control Measures; 23 Appendix L: Controlling the Retail Sales Environment: Access, Advertising, and Promotional Activities; 24 Appendix M: Sales and Marketing of Cigarettes on the Internet: Emerging Threats to Tobacco Control and Promising Policy Solutions; 25 Appendix N: Media Campaigns and Tobacco Control; 26 Appendix O: Advocacy as a Tobacco Control Strategy; 27 Appendix P: Special Populations with Higher Rates of Cigarette Smoking: Identification and Implications for Tobacco Control