Tobacco control policies reduce the health and economic burden caused by tobacco. With
over half of the United States communities lacking adequate protective policies, an …

Objective: To identify factors associated with the adoption of tobacco policy within 351
Massachusetts municipalities. Design: We obtained the 2019 Massachusetts municipality …

Tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable death in the US, can be reduced through
state-level tobacco prevention and cessation programs. In the absence of research about …

In the USA, California's highly-regarded Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) has defined its
goal as “ending the tobacco epidemic for all population groups” by 2035. To understand …

Kentucky, a leading tobacco producing state in the US and home to Brown and Williamson
and Commonwealth Brands tobacco companies, has a significant historic, economic, and …

Decreasing smoking initiation remains a public health priority. In 2016, California, in the
United States, enacted the Tobacco 21 law, which raised the minimum age for the purchase …

Hawai 'i has comprehensive statewide tobacco control policies and was the first US state to
raise the minimum age of sale, purchase, and possession of tobacco products to age 21 …

Background Since the passage of Proposition 99, California9s comprehensive tobacco
control programme has benefited from a localised policy adoption process that allows for the …

The Los Angeles County Tobacco Control and Prevention Program was significantly
restructured in 2004 to improve capacity for local policy adoption. Restructuring included …

Progress has been made in reducing adolescent cigarette smoking. However, the popularity
of vaping products has increased concerns regarding tobacco use. One policy recently …