H Saffer

..26, consistent with prior studies. The results show that reduction of alcohol advertising can produce a modest decline in adolescent alcohol consumption, though effects may vary by race and gender...

..The primary conclusion of this research is that a comprehensive set of tobacco advertising bans can reduce tobacco consumption and that a limited set of advertising bans will have little or no effect...

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..The data set is longitudinal which allows for estimation of individual-fixed-effects specifications. These results indicate that alcohol use does not have a positive effect on earnings and wages...

..Recent state budget crises have dramatically reduced funding for state-sponsored antitobacco media campaigns. If campaigns are associated with reduced smoking, such cuts could result in long-term increases in state health care costs...

..Research is needed to determine whether such advertising may dilute or undermine the established benefits of tobacco control-sponsored campaigns...

..To relate exposure to televised youth smoking prevention advertising to youths' smoking beliefs, intentions, and behaviors...

..Since physical activity has been shown to have a positive effect on health, lower levels for minority groups would be a factor contributing to observed racial and ethnic health differentials. ..

..A simulation of the effect of DTCA on drug prices and on increased sales of advertised drugs will be performed. This will be carried out for each therapeutic class. Three alternative DTCA scenarios will be simulated. ..

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..These data sets will be augmented with grocery, fast food, and cigarette prices and with fast food availability and fast food advertising. ..

..The NCS will be augmented with an extensive series of substance abuse policy variables. These policy variables will be appended to the individual records at the county level or the state level. ..

..This is important since the estimated price elasticity of alcohol advertising can be used to estimate the effect of elimination of the tax deductibility of alcohol advertising. ..

..It is important to understand which of these policies are more likely to reduce alcohol abuse since the alcohol industry is likely to oppose any changes which it believes will reduce sales. ..