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Effect Of The California Tobacco Control Program On Personal Health Care Expenditures, James M. Lightwood, Alexis Dinno, Stanton A. Glantz

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Large state tobacco control programs have been shown to reduce smoking and would be expected to affect health care costs. We investigate the effect of California's large-scale tobacco control program on aggregate personal health care expenditures in the state. Methods and Findings: Cointegrating regressions were used to predict (1) the difference in per capita cigarette consumption between California and 38 control states as a function of the difference in cumulative expenditures of the California and control state tobacco control programs, and (2) the relationship between the difference in cigarette consumption and the difference in per capita personal health expenditures …

Adolescent Daily Cigarette Smoking: Is Rural Residency A Risk Factor?, M. Nawal Lutfiyya, K. K. Shah, M. Johnson, R. W. Bales, I. Cha, C. Mcgrath, L. Serpa, Martin S. Lipsky

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction: Daily cigarette smoking among US adolescents remains a significant public health problem. Understanding risk is important in order to develop strategies to reduce this type of tobacco use. Purpose: The primary objective of this research was to examine whether rural residency is an independent risk factor for being a daily smoker among adolescents ages 12 to 18 years.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study where univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed on a merged 1997- 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System dataset to determine whether rural residence was a significant risk factor for daily cigarette smoking, after adjusting …