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Examining the effects of tobacco treatment policies on smoking rates and smoking related deaths using the SimSmoke computer simulation modelD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, and University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Tob Control 11:47-54. 2002..To develop a simulation model to predict the effects of different smoking treatment policies on quit rates, smoking rates, and smoking attributable deaths...- A review of the literature on policies directed at the youth consumption of sugar sweetened beveragesDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Adv Nutr 2:182S-200S. 2011..Policies directed at SSB consumption can play an important role in reducing youth overweight and obesity... 
The use of simulation models for the surveillance, justification and understanding of tobacco control policiesDavid 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...- The effects of tobacco control policies on smoking rates: a tobacco control scorecardDavid 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 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... - Examining trends in quantity smokedDavid 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... - Recent trends in home and work smoking bansD T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tob Control 13:258-63. 2004..Data: The Current Population Survey's 1992/93 and 1998/99 tobacco use supplement surveys are the primary data source, supplemented with information on state level tobacco control policies... - The relative risks of a low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco product compared with smoking cigarettes: estimates of a panel of expertsDavid 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... - Tobacco control policies and smoking in a population of low education women, 1992-2002David T Levy
Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11710 Beltsville Dr, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:20-6. 2006..To examine recent trends and the role of tobacco control policies associated with smoking among women of low socioeconomic status... - Increasing taxes to reduce smoking prevalence and smoking attributable mortality in Taiwan: results from a tobacco policy simulation modelD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tob Control 14:i45-50. 2005..To develop a simulation model to predict the effects of tax policies on smoking prevalence rates and smoking attributable deaths... - The role of public policies in reducing smoking prevalence and deaths caused by smoking in Arizona: results from the Arizona tobacco policy simulation modelDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:59-67. 2007..It will be important to maintain these efforts over time to reduce or keep smoking prevalence down and to minimize smoking-attributable deaths... - The relationship of smoking cessation to sociodemographic characteristics, smoking intensity, and tobacco control policiesDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:387-96. 2005..Price policies can have an important role in helping daily smokers to quit. Further research is needed regarding the role of quantity smoked... - The role of public policies in reducing smoking and deaths caused by smoking in Vietnam: results from the Vietnam tobacco policy simulation modelDavid 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... - Recent trends in smoking and the role of public policies: results from the SimSmoke tobacco control policy simulation modelDavid 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 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.... - Alcohol involvement in burn, submersion, spinal cord, and brain injuriesDavid T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Sci Monit 10:CR17-24. 2004..Alcohol is involved in many injuries, but estimates of this involvement vary considerably. Most information pertains to deaths although most injuries are nonfatal... - 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.... 
The role of tobacco control policies in reducing smoking and deaths in a middle income nation: results from the Thailand SimSmoke simulation modelD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, 11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
Tob Control 17:53-9. 2008..With the male smoking prevalence near 60% in 1991, Thailand was one of the first Asian nations to implement strict tobacco control policies. However, the success of their efforts has not been well documented...- Simulation models of obesity: a review of the literature and implications for research and policyD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Obes Rev 12:378-94. 2011..Finally, we suggest directions for future research... - A simulation of the effects of youth initiation policies on overall cigarette useD T Levy
Department of Economics, University of Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1311-4. 2000..We developed a simulation model to predict the effects of policies aimed at reducing smoking initiation by youths younger than 18 years... - A computer simulation model of mass media interventions directed at tobacco useD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, and University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Prev Med 32:284-94. 2001..The goal of this study was to develop a simulation model to examine the effects of tobacco control mass media interventions on smoking rates and smoking-attributable deaths... - Effect of policies directed at youth access to smoking: results from the SimSmoke computer simulation modelD T Levy
Unversity of Baltimore, USA
Tob Control 10:108-16. 2001..To develop a simulation model to predict the effects of youth access policies on retail compliance, smoking rates, and smoking attributable deaths... - Exploring scenarios to dramatically reduce smoking prevalence: a simulation model of the three-part cessation processDavid 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... - The role of tobacco control policies in reducing smoking and deaths caused by smoking in an Eastern European nation: results from the Albania SimSmoke simulation modelDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 Beltsville Dr, Suite 900, Calverton, Maryland, 20705, USA 20705
Cent Eur J Public Health 16:189-98. 2008..The effectiveness of future tobacco control policy will require proper surveillance and evaluation schemes for Albania... - Effect of clean indoor air laws on smokers: the clean air module of the SimSmoke computer simulation modelD T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tob Control 10:345-51. 2001..To develop a simulation model to examine the effects of clean indoor air laws on prevalence rates and smoking attributable deaths... - Reaching Healthy People 2010 by 2013: A SimSmoke simulationDavid 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... - A simulation model of policies directed at treating tobacco use and dependenceDavid T Levy
University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Decis Making 22:6-17. 2002..The authors develop a simulation model to predict the effects on quit rates and cost-effectiveness of different smoking treatment policies... - Modeling the impact of smoking-cessation treatment policies on quit ratesDavid 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... - The Kentucky SimSmoke tobacco policy simulation model: reaching Healthy People 2010 goals through policy changeDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore Department of Economics, USA
South Med J 101:503-7. 2008..Kentucky, with the highest adult smoking rates (28.7% versus a US average of 20.9%) and weak tobacco control policies, has the potential to reduce smoking by implementing stricter policies... - Blood alcohol content (BAC)-negative victims in alcohol-involved injury incidentsDavid T Levy
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 20878, USA
Addiction 97:909-14. 2002..To understand better how often BAC-negative victims suffer fatal and non-fatal alcohol-involved injuries... - The role of public policies in reducing smoking prevalence in California: results from the California tobacco policy simulation modelDavid T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, MD, United States
Health Policy 82:167-85. 2007..Further tax increases should lead to additional lives saved, and additional policies may result in further impacts on smoking rates, and consequently on smoking-attributable health outcomes in the population... - Smoking treatment interventions and policies to promote their use: a critical reviewK Friend
Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 3:299-310. 2001..Further research on the impact of these interventions on use and quit rates, particularly over longer periods of time, and how these effects depend on the form of the intervention, is warranted... - Menthol and non-menthol smoking: the impact of prices and smoke-free air lawsJohn A Tauras
Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 7121, USA
Addiction 105:115-23. 2010..To examine the relationship between menthol and non-menthol prices and smoke-free air laws and the choice between menthol and non-menthol cigarettes among current smokers... - Smokeless tobacco use 1992-2002: trends and measurement in the Current Population Survey-Tobacco Use SupplementsE A Mumford
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
Tob Control 15:166-71. 2006..As smoking prevalence declines in the United States, it is important to understand if smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is also changing and if so, among what groups... - Cost-outcome analysis in injury prevention and control: eighty-four recent estimates for the United StatesT R Miller
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Landover, Maryland 20785, USA
Med Care 38:562-82. 2000..The objectives of this study were to review cost-outcome analyses in injury prevention and control and estimate associated benefit-cost ratios and cost per quality-adjusted life-year... - Financial risk, plan types, and authorizations for managed alcohol treatment servicesP R Marques
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Am J Manag Care 7:1151-61. 2001..To estimate the effects of a managed behavioral healthcare organization's (MBHO's) products/plans and financial risk on levels and amount of care authorized for patients with alcohol-related problems... - How intoxicated are drivers in the United States? Estimating the extent, risks and costs per kilometer of driving by blood alcohol levelT R Miller
National Public Services Research Institute, Landover, MD, USA
Accid Anal Prev 31:515-23. 1999..Preliminary investigation indicates that the method provides reliable estimates of alcohol-positive kms from roadside surveys at night, but seems to over-estimate high-BAL kms. Direct field validation is highly desirable... - A framework for evaluating and improving clean indoor air lawsD T Levy
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 7:87-96. 2001..The article also discusses the information needed to better understand clean air laws and improve future public policy... - Reductions in smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption associated with mass-media campaignsKaren Friend
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Health Educ Res 17:85-98. 2002..In particular, tobacco control polices that are implemented during the campaign often make it difficult to identify the specific influence of media campaigns alone... - Simulation modeling and tobacco control: creating more robust public health policiesDavid T Levy
11710 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD 20705. levy @pire.org
Am J Public Health 96:494-8. 2006..Simulation models are not only useful for policy prediction and planning but also may help to broaden our understanding of the role of different public health policies within a complex, dynamic social system... - Nondaily smokers: who are they?Kristen M Hassmiller
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1321-7. 2003..We sought to understand who constitutes the sizable population of nondaily, or some-day (SD), smokers... - Home smoking restrictions. Problems in classificationElizabeth A Mumford
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:126-31. 2004..The purpose of this study was to examine who is affected by strict home smoking bans at the household level... - The adoption of tobacco dependence treatment by rehabilitation cliniciansKaren B Friend
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island, USA
Disabil Rehabil 27:147-55. 2005..Despite the deleterious health effects of smoking on individuals with disabilities, the limited data suggests that rehabilitation clinicians rarely encourage their clients who smoke to quit... - Tobacco control policies and the concurrent use of smokeless tobacco and cigarettes among men, 1992-2002Elizabeth A Mumford
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:891-900. 2005.... - Costs of alcohol and drug-involved crimeTed R Miller
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11701 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
Prev Sci 7:333-42. 2006..Effective efforts to reduce the abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs should reduce costs associated with crime... - Societal costs of underage drinkingTed R Miller
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11710 Beltsville Drive, Suite 125, Calverton, Maryland 20705 3102, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:519-28. 2006..Previous studies did not break out costs of alcohol problems by age... - Community-based youth tobacco control interventions: cost effectiveness of the Full Court Press projectHana Ross
International Tobacco Surveillance, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society National Home Office, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 4251, USA
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 5:167-76. 2006..We evaluated the impact of a community-based tobacco control project that was implemented in the city of Tucson, Arizona, USA, between 1996 and 2001... - Prevention of smoking-related deaths in the United StatesFrederick P Rivara
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:118-25. 2004..Tobacco is the leading cause of death in the United States. The majority of people who smoke begin before age 18...
Research Grants
- A Simulation of Tobacco Policy, Smoking and Lung CancerDavid Levy; Fiscal Year: 2007..7) Critically examine the methods that are traditionally used to project lung cancer deaths and determine how the estimates depend on the sensitivity to key parameters. ..
- HEALTH SERVICES IMPACTS OF YOUTH ALCOHOL MEASURESDavid Levy; Fiscal Year: 2001..abstract_text> ..