Purpose: The study compared perceptions of state legislative aides about tobacco
policymaking in states with strong and weak tobacco control policies. Approach: Qualitative …

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 …

Objectives: To examine the congruence in perceptions and attitudes of legislators and the
public regarding tobacco and tobacco control policies. Methods: Two cross-sectional …

Objective: To assess general public and policy influencer support for population-level
tobacco control policies in two Canadian provinces. Methods: We implemented the Chronic …

OBJECTIVE To identify, from policy makers' perspectives, strategies that enhance tobacco
control advocates' effectiveness in the regulatory arena. DESIGN Key informant interview …

Public health and public administration literature speaks to the fact that smoke-free policy
has been steadily diffusing within and between states for the last decade. The literature …

BACKGROUND In 1994, Arizona voters approved Proposition 200 which increased the
tobacco tax and earmarked 23% of the new revenues for tobacco education programmes …

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 …

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 …

This study explored the factors associated with state-level allocations to tobacco-control
programs. The primary research question was whether public sentiment regarding tobacco …