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. 2002 Jun;92(6):975-83.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.6.975.

Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and outcomes, 1996-1998

Louise Ann Rohrbach  1 , Beth Howard-Pitney, Jennifer B Unger, Clyde W Dent, Kim Ammann Howard, Tess Boley Cruz, Kurt M Ribisl, Gregory J Norman, Howard Fishbein, C Anderson Johnson
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Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and outcomes, 1996-1998

Louise Ann Rohrbach et al. Am J Public Health. 2002 Jun.

Abstract

Objectives: This study sought to determine the effects of the California Tobacco Control Program on tobacco-related attitudes and behaviors.

Methods: In 1996 and 1998, a telephone survey was conducted among adults in randomly selected households in 18 California counties. Tenth-grade youths in 84 randomly selected high schools completed a written survey. In analyses conducted at the county level, differences in outcomes were regressed on an index of program exposure.

Results: Among adults, program exposure was associated with decreased smoking prevalence rates, increased no-smoking policies in homes, and decreased violations of workplace no-smoking policies. Among youths, there was no effect of program exposure on outcomes.

Conclusions: These results suggest that the California Tobacco Control Program may have reduced adult smoking prevalence rates and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.

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FIGURE 1
—Changes in adult outcomes, by county-level multicomponent program exposure: California Tobacco Control Program, 1996–1998.
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