Public policy, in the form of laws, guidelines, and regulations, has a profound effect on our
daily lives and health status. Reasons for a lack of consistent and systematic translation of …

▪ Abstract Given the growing attention on how environmental and policy interventions can
affect chronic disease burden, our objectives are to describe (a) effective and promising …

Adolescence is often described as a time of experimentation with risky or problem behaviors
(Arnett, 2000), and substance use is one such behavior that is initiated during this age …

Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) remain leading causes of
preventable disease, disability, and mortality in the United States. Rural populations are …

Objective. To determine the effectiveness of laws restricting youth access to cigarettes on
prevalence of smoking among teens. Methods. We conducted a systematic review of studies …

Objective Signatories of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have committed
themselves to prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. The tobacco industry has a long …

BACKGROUND: Relatively little research has focused on the social norms of teen smoking.
This study examined social norms regarding adolescent smoking and their relationship with …

CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a Nobel Prize–
winning technology that holds significant promise for revolutionizing the prevention and …

In federal systems, governments have the opportunity to learn from the policy experiments–
and the potential successes–of other governments. Whether they seize such opportunities …

Methods A scan of legislation from all 50 states identified 717 bills and 134 resolutions that
met study inclusion criteria. Analyses examined patterns in the introduction and adoption of …