Ending the Tobacco Problem : A Blueprint for the Nation Hardback

The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years.

Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately one-quarter of American adults still smoke.

Tobacco-related illnesses and death place a huge burden on our society. Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use.

The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments.

Carefully constructed with two distinct parts, the book first provides background information on the history and nature of tobacco use, developing the context for the policy blueprint proposed in the second half of the report.

The report documents the extraordinary growth of tobacco use during the first half of the 20th century as well as its subsequent reversal in the mid-1960s (in the wake of findings from the Surgeon General).

It also reviews the addictive properties of nicotine, delving into the factors that make it so difficult for people to quit and examines recent trends in tobacco use.

In addition, an overview of the development of governmental and nongovernmental tobacco control efforts is provided. After reviewing the ethical grounding of tobacco control, the second half of the book sets forth to present a blueprint for ending the tobacco problem.

The book offers broad-reaching recommendations targeting federal, state, local, nonprofit and for-profit entities.

This book also identifies the benefits to society when fully implementing effective tobacco control interventions and policies. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummaryIntroduction1 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use: History and Current Trends2 Factors Perpetuating the Tobacco Problem3 Containing the Tobacco Problem4 Reducing Tobacco Use: A Policy Framework5 Strengthening Traditional Tobacco Control Measures6 Changing the Regulatory Landscape7 New Frontiers of Tobacco ControlIndexAppendix A: Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Policy for All Smokers:Systems Integration to Save Lives and MoneyAppendix B: Clean Air LawsAppendix C: Warning Labels and PackagingAppendix D: The Long-Term Promise of Effective School-Based SmokingPrevention ProgramsAppendix E: Adolescents' and Young Adults' Perceptions of TobaccoUse: A Review and Critique of the Current LiteratureAppendix F: Interventions for Children and Youth in the Health CareSettingAppendix G: Reducing and Preventing Tobacco Use Among PregnantWomen, Parents, and FamiliesAppendix H:Smoking in the Movies: Its Impact on Youth and YouthSmokingAppendix I: State Statutes Governing Direct Shipment of AlcoholicBeverages to Consumers: Precedents for Regulating Tobacco RetailShipmentsAppendix J: The Role of Public Policies in Reducing SmokingPrevalence: Results from the SimSmoke Tobacco Policy SimulationModelAppendix K: Commissioned Simulation Modeling of Smoking Prevalenceas an Outcome of Selected Tobacco Control MeasuresAppendix L: Controlling the Retail Sales Environment: Access,Advertising, and Promotional ActivitiesAppendix M: Sales and Marketing of Cigarettes on the Internet:Emerging Threats to Tobacco Control and Promising Policy SolutionsAppendix N: Media Campaigns and Tobacco ControlAppendix O: Advocacy as a Tobacco Control StrategyAppendix P: Special Populations with Higher Rates of CigaretteSmoking: Identification and Implications for Tobacco Control