Sajjad Ahmad

Summary

Affiliation: University of Nevada
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Raising taxes to reduce smoking prevalence in the US: a simulation of the anticipated health and economic impacts
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154 4015, USA
    Public Health 122:3-10. 2008
  2. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of raising the legal smoking age in California
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    Med Decis Making 25:330-40. 2005
  3. ncbi Federal policy mandating safer cigarettes: a hypothetical simulation of the anticipated population health gains or losses
    Tammy O Tengs
    Health Priorities Research Group, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine, USA
    J Policy Anal Manage 23:857-72. 2004
  4. ncbi Increasing excise taxes on cigarettes in California: a dynamic simulation of health and economic impacts
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, HPRG 202 SE 1, Irvine, CA 92697 7075, USA
    Prev Med 41:276-83. 2005
  5. ncbi Estimating the health impacts of tobacco harm reduction policies: a simulation modeling approach
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, USA
    Risk Anal 25:801-12. 2005
  6. ncbi Closing the youth access gap: the projected health benefits and cost savings of a national policy to raise the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, USA
    Health Policy 75:74-84. 2005
  7. ncbi Limiting youth access to tobacco: comparing the long-term health impacts of increasing cigarette excise taxes and raising the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, United States
    Health Policy 80:378-91. 2007

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Raising taxes to reduce smoking prevalence in the US: a simulation of the anticipated health and economic impacts
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154 4015, USA
    Public Health 122:3-10. 2008
    ..To estimate health and economic outcomes of raising the excise taxes on cigarettes...
  2. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of raising the legal smoking age in California
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    Med Decis Making 25:330-40. 2005
    ..47 million QALYs compared to status quo. This research should prove useful to California's policy makers as they contemplate legislation to raise the state's legal smoking age...
  3. ncbi Federal policy mandating safer cigarettes: a hypothetical simulation of the anticipated population health gains or losses
    Tammy O Tengs
    Health Priorities Research Group, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine, USA
    J Policy Anal Manage 23:857-72. 2004
    ..S. population over time spans as long as 50 years. Our simulation results reveal that even if requiring cigarettes to be safer makes smoking more attractive and increases tobacco use, a net gain in population health is still possible...
  4. ncbi Increasing excise taxes on cigarettes in California: a dynamic simulation of health and economic impacts
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, HPRG 202 SE 1, Irvine, CA 92697 7075, USA
    Prev Med 41:276-83. 2005
    ..California raised cigarette excise taxes in 1999, and may generate additional health and economic benefits by raising them further...
  5. ncbi Estimating the health impacts of tobacco harm reduction policies: a simulation modeling approach
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, USA
    Risk Anal 25:801-12. 2005
    ..This research should prove useful to policymakers as they contemplate giving the FDA the authority to regulate the composition of cigarettes...
  6. ncbi Closing the youth access gap: the projected health benefits and cost savings of a national policy to raise the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, USA
    Health Policy 75:74-84. 2005
    ..8 to 15.5% for the 21+ group. The policy would produce a net cumulative savings to society of 212 billion US dollars (driven by reduced medical costs), and the accumulation of nearly 13 million additional QALYs over the period...
  7. ncbi Limiting youth access to tobacco: comparing the long-term health impacts of increasing cigarette excise taxes and raising the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States
    Sajjad Ahmad
    Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0630, United States
    Health Policy 80:378-91. 2007
    ..The health benefits of large tax increases, however, would be greater and would accrue faster than raising the minimum legal purchase age for cigarettes...