Michael B Siegel

..This study aims to compare the average price of liquor in the United States between retail alcohol outlets in states that have a monopoly ('control' states) with those that do not ('licence' states)...

..To describe the nature, extent, and public health significance of state legislation that preempts the local regulation of tobacco...

..While smoke-free restaurant laws are intended to protect the public from secondhand smoke exposure, they may also discourage smoking among adolescents. There is no evidence from longitudinal studies to test this hypothesis...

..Occupational clinicians can play a significant role in protecting the health of hospitality workers by supporting laws to create smoke-free workplaces, including bars and restaurants, and promoting smoking cessation in these worksites...

..To assess whether smoke-free restaurant laws influence the progression from (1) never smoking to early experimentation and (2) early experimentation to established smoking...

..We investigated the frequency with which alcohol advertisements appeared on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) transit lines in Boston, MA, and we calculated adult and youths' exposure to the ads...

..In this paper, we describe the development and pilot testing of what we believe to be the first comprehensive, Internet-based youth survey of brand-specific alcohol use...

..Very little is known about the types of alcoholic beverages preferred by youth in the U.S. and the relationship between beverage preference and demographic and behavioral characteristics of these youth...

..These devices have generated much publicity among the smoking-cessation community and support from dedicated users; however, little is known about the efficacy of the device as a smoking-cessation tool...

..This study establishes the feasibility and validity of a new methodology to determine patterns of brand-specific alcohol consumption among underage drinkers...

..We examined the effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on restaurant environmental tobacco smoke exposure among youths...

..The objective of this study was to determine whether local tobacco sales laws de crease the rate of progression to established smoking among adolescents...

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..To examine the presence of features of sales promotion in cigarette advertising in United States magazines, and to describe trends in youth (ages 12-17) exposure to such advertising (termed "promotional advertising")...

..This study sought to quantify television advertising exposure achieved by tobacco companies through sponsorship of motor sports events and to evaluate the likely effect of the Master Settlement Agreement on this advertising...

..We examined the impact of a statewide antismoking media campaign on progression to established smoking among Massachusetts adolescents...

..The paper formulates general lessons learned from these existing programs and generates recommendations to improve and inform the development and implementation of these and future programs...

..This study compared trends in adult cigarette smoking prevalence in California and the remainder of the United States between 1978 and 1994...

..Therefore, with proper time and preparation, public health practitioners can change social norms before a ban goes into effect and can implement smoke-free policies smoothly and with immediate compliance...

..To test whether community-level restrictions on youth access to tobacco (including both ordinances and enforcement) are associated with less smoking initiation or less progression to established smoking among adolescents...

..3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5). This study found no consistent associations between community-level youth access ordinances and adolescents' perceived access to tobacco, purchase attempts, or smoking prevalence...

..To describe the range of restaurant smoking regulations in the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts, and to analyse the level of protection from secondhand smoke exposure guaranteed by these regulations...

..04 g% blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) on the job. This study investigated the effects of alcohol (between 0.04 and 0.05 g% BAC) on the simulated operation of a commercial ship's power plant...

..To determine whether adolescents living in parental homes where smoking is banned are more likely to move into smoke-free living quarters when they leave home...

..19, 95% CI 1.58 to 3.02) or bars (OR 2.51, 95% CI 1.90 to 3.31). CONCLUSIONS: Strong local restaurant smoking regulations are associated with favourable smoking related social norms among youths and adults...

..Possible interventions include creating positive publicity for organizations that refuse tobacco industry philanthropy...

..CONCLUSIONS: The Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry appears to have had little effect on cigarette advertising in magazines and on the exposure of young people to these advertisements...

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..We prospectively examined effects of the implementation of a smoking ban in bars on Boston, Massachusetts, smokers...

..We examined the association of local restaurant and bar regulations with self-reported exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among adults...

..34 times the duration of exposure. CONCLUSIONS: Workplace smoking policies substantially reduce the likelihood of self-reported secondhand smoke exposure among employees in the workplace and also greatly affect the duration of exposure...

..Whether they have these effects even if parents smoke or do not otherwise communicate strong disapproval of smoking to their children is not clear. We tested these hypotheses in multi-level analyses...

..The objectives of this study were to examine the diffusion of smoke-free restaurant regulations and identify socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health protection from secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants...

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..This study investigated the relative impact of the broadcast volume (media weight) and the emotional content of an ad as predictors of advertising recall...

..To examine the effect of smoking regulations in local restaurants on anti-smoking attitudes and quitting behaviours among adult smokers...

..We identified and quantified differences in sociodemographic characteristics of communities relative to the strength of local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts...