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Do cigarette prices vary by brand, neighborhood, and store characteristics?Traci L Toomey
University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Public Health Rep 124:535-40. 2009..We assessed the price variability of cigarettes by brand, neighborhood characteristics (racial/ethnic and youth composition, number of schools, and number of stores), and store type...
The long-term effect of local policies to restrict retail sale of tobacco to youthVincent Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:371-7. 2006..Longer-term results are still inconclusive, because control communities adopted ordinances similar to those in the intervention communities...
Awareness and reported consequences of a cigarette tax increase among older adolescents and young adultsT C Kelvin Choi
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 USA
Am J Health Promot 25:379-86. 2011....
Characterizing and comparing young adult intermittent and daily smokersKathleen M Lenk
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:2128-40. 2009..Daily smokers were more likely to feel addicted and have trouble quitting smoking than high intermittent smokers. Implications, limitations, and ideas for future studies will be discussed...
Smoking policies in small worksites in MinnesotaKate Uslan
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:416-21. 2007....
Area-level variation in adolescent smokingDebra H Bernat
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A42. 2009....
Parental, family, and home characteristics associated with cigarette smoking among adolescentsKelli A Komro
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Health Promot 17:291-9. 2003..It is important that smoking prevention strategies target and include the entire family. Limitations of the study are its cross-sectional design and that the sample was primarily white...
Social ecological predictors of the transition to overweight in youth: results from the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at Schools (TEENS) studyElizabeth G Klein
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1163-9. 2008..To explore the social ecological predictors of the transition to overweight in youth, as shown in results from the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at Schools study...
The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study: design and baseline resultsJean Forster
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Sci 12:201-10. 2011..This paper describes variability in smoking prevalence and demographic characteristics for local units, and compares MACC participants to the state as a whole...
