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Autor:
Frances A. Stillman, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, David Chavis, W. R. Lynn, Anne M. Hartman, Barry I. Graubard, John Garcia, Lap Ming Wun, Marc W. Manley
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Evaluation Review. 23:259-280
Reducing tobacco use, especially cigarette smoking, is a public health priority. The American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) was initiated in 1991 to prevent and reduce tobacco use primarily through policy-based approaches to alter the soci
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Tobacco Control. 6:S5-S11
The American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) is a programme to implement proven interventions in 17 states across the United States. ASSIST applies all that we have learned in 10 years of research on tobacco use prevention and control. The g
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Tobacco Control. 6:S31-S37
OBJECTIVE: To compare trends in smoking behaviour and use of cigarette brands by adults and adolescents. DESIGN: Data analysed in this paper come from tobacco use surveys of adults and teenagers conducted in 18 communities in the United States, as pa
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American Journal of Epidemiology. 145:746-751
The use of proxy respondents in surveys designed to provide population estimates of smoking prevalence offers an inexpensive way to obtain these data. The accuracy of this information is examined in analyzing data from tobacco use surveys of adults c
Autor:
Robert H. Shipley, Carol Giffen, Kitty K. Corbett, Russell E. Glasgow, W. R. Lynn, Glorian Sorensen
Publikováno v:
Preventive Medicine. 25:186-194
Background. As an important aspect of the COMMIT trial, worksite smoking-control consultations and supports were provided to employers in 11 diverse, moderate-sized communities. After a 4-year intervention period (1989–1992), impacts on worksite po
Autor:
David Pee, Barry I. Graubard, Steven D. Mark, W. R. Lynn, Laurence S. Freedman, Sylvan B. Green, Donald K. Corle, Mitchell H. Gail
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Epidemiology. 142:587-593
This paper outlines an approach for the design and analysis of randomized controlled trials investigating community-based interventions for behavioral change aimed at health promotion. The approach is illustrated using the Community Intervention Tria
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International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 11:259-269
Of the 17 million smokers in North America who attempt to quit smoking each year, fewer than one in ten succeed [1, 2]. How can communities improve smokers' chances of quitting? The National Cancer Institute addresses this question through COMMIT, th
Autor:
Carol Giffen, K. Michael Cummings, W. R. Lynn, Don K. Corle, Terry F. Pechacek, Margaret E. Mattson
Publikováno v:
International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 11:271-290
The National Cancer Institute is sponsoring the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT), a multi-center research project designed to test the value of a community-based effort to promote smoking cessation. The trial involves eleve
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Adolescent medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.). 9(3)
Cigarette smoking constitutes the single largest threat to the health and longevity of American youth. Each year, almost 400,000 people die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. Moreover, 90% of adult smokers began using tobacco before their eig
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American journal of public health. 88(7)
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the prevalence rate of and characteristics associated with cigar use. METHODS: Data were derived from population-based telephone surveys of adults conducted in 22 North American communities in 1989 and 1993 as part of