Making it harder to smoke and easier to quit: The effect of 10 years of tobacco control in New York city

E.A. Kilgore, J. Mandel-Ricci, M. Johns, M.H. Coady, S.B. Perl, A. Goodman and S.M. Kansagra

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 6, e5-e8

Abstract: In 2002, New York City implemented a comprehensive tobacco control plan that discouraged smoking through excise taxes and smoke-free air laws and facilitated quitting through population-wide cessation services and hard-hitting media campaigns. Following the implementation of these activities through a well-funded and politically supported program, the adult smoking rate declined by 28% from 2002 to 2012, and the youth smoking rate declined by 52% from 2001 to 2011. These improvements indicate that local jurisdictions can have a significant positive effect on tobacco control.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; health promotion; human; legal aspect; smoking; smoking cessation; statistics; United States; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; Health Promotion; Humans; New York City; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301940

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