Modeling the future effects of a menthol ban on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in the United StatesDavid T Levy
Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1236-40. 2011
..7% overall and 24.8% for Blacks; deaths averted would be 633,252 overall and 237,317 for Blacks...
- Quit attempts and quit rates among menthol and nonmenthol smokers in the United States
David T Levy
Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1241-7. 2011
..We compared quit attempts and quit rates among menthol and nonmenthol cigarette smokers in the United States...
The potential impact of a low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco product on cigarette smoking in the United States: estimates of a panel of expertsDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland, and Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Addict Behav 31:1190-200. 2006
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- Reaching Healthy People 2010 by 2013: A SimSmoke simulation
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:S373-81. 2010
..Healthy People (HP2010) set as a goal to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2010...
- Exploring scenarios to dramatically reduce smoking prevalence: a simulation model of the three-part cessation process
David T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1253-9. 2010
..8% rate to 12% by 2010 could be accomplished by increasing quit attempts, increasing the use of treatments, or increasing the effectiveness of treatment...
- Recent trends in smoking and the role of public policies: results from the SimSmoke tobacco control policy simulation model
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, MD, USA
Addiction 100:1526-36. 2005
..Trends in smoking prevalence, and the role of tobacco control policies in affecting those rates, are examined...
- The Healthy People 2010 smoking prevalence and tobacco control objectives: results from the SimSmoke tobacco control policy simulation model (United States)
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, 14403 Sylvan Glade Dr, Potomac, MD 20878, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:359-71. 2005
..The purpose of this paper is to examine the attainability of HP2010 smoking prevalence objectives through the stricter tobacco control policies suggested in HP2010...
- Modeling the impact of smoking-cessation treatment policies on quit rates
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:S364-72. 2010
..Smoking-cessation treatment policies could yield substantial increases in adult quit rates in the U.S...
- SimSmoke model evaluation of the effect of tobacco control policies in Korea: the unknown success story
David T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1267-73. 2010
..We evaluated the effect of strict tobacco control policies, implemented beginning in 1995 in the Republic of Korea, on smoking prevalence and deaths...
Chapter 1:The impact of the reduction in tobacco smoking on U.S. lung cancer mortality, 1975-2000: an introduction to the problemEric J Feuer
Statistical Methodology and Applications Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Risk Anal 32:S6-S13. 2012
..The results provide not only a portrait of the achieved impact of tobacco control on lung cancer mortality, but also the bounds of what still needs to be achieved...
- Examining trends in quantity smoked
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD, 20705 3102, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1287-96. 2007
..The measure developed in the present study provides a useful tool for tracking trends in quantity smoked...
- The role of public policies in reducing smoking and deaths caused by smoking in Vietnam: results from the Vietnam tobacco policy simulation model
David T Levy
University of Baltimore, Pacific Institute, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:1819-30. 2006
..In the absence of these measures, deaths from smoking will increase. The model also helps to identify information gaps pertinent both to modeling and policy-making...
- The relative risks of a low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco product compared with smoking cigarettes: estimates of a panel of experts
David T Levy
Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, 11710 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD 20878, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:2035-42. 2004
..Importantly, the overall public health impact of LN-SLT will reflect use patterns, its marketing, and governmental regulation of tobacco products...
- The effects of tobacco control policies on smoking rates: a tobacco control scorecard
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:338-53. 2004
..School education programs and limits on retail sales are not likely to have much impact if implemented alone, but may be more important when combined with other policies...
- The effects of clean indoor air laws: what do we know and what do we need to know?
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, 11710 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Health Educ Res 18:592-609. 2003
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- The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths. Findings from the Netherlands SimSmoke Tobacco Control Policy Simulation Model
Gera E Nagelhout
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Addiction 107:407-16. 2012
..To develop a simulation model projecting the effect of tobacco control policies in the Netherlands on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths...
- The use of simulation models for the surveillance, justification and understanding of tobacco control policies
David T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Potomac, Maryland 20878, USA
Health Care Manag Sci 5:113-20. 2002
..This paper examines the role of simulation models in public policy, and discusses several recent models and limitations of those models...
