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Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and
Louise Ann Rohrbach1, Beth Howard-Pitney, Jennifer B Unger
1Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Alhambra, 91803, USA. rohrbac@hsc.usc.edu
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.