A J Farkas

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Does parental smoking cessation discourage adolescent smoking?
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093 0645, USA
    Prev Med 28:213-8. 1999
  2. ncbi The effects of household and workplace smoking restrictions on quitting behaviours
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0645, USA
    Tob Control 8:261-5. 1999
  3. ncbi Association between household and workplace smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
    JAMA 284:717-22. 2000
  4. ncbi Tobacco industry promotion of cigarettes and adolescent smoking
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
    JAMA 279:511-5. 1998
  5. ncbi Can strategies used by statewide tobacco control programs help smokers make progress in quitting?
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 7:459-64. 1998
  6. ncbi Has the California tobacco control program reduced smoking?
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
    JAMA 280:893-9. 1998
  7. ncbi Determining the probability of future smoking among adolescents
    W S Choi
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, 0645, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0645, USA
    Addiction 96:313-23. 2001

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Does parental smoking cessation discourage adolescent smoking?
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093 0645, USA
    Prev Med 28:213-8. 1999
    ..We examined the relationship of smoking cessation in parents to smoking and uptake and cessation by their adolescent children...
  2. ncbi The effects of household and workplace smoking restrictions on quitting behaviours
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0645, USA
    Tob Control 8:261-5. 1999
    ..To assess the association of household and workplace smoking restrictions with quit attempts, six month cessation, and light smoking...
  3. ncbi Association between household and workplace smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking
    A J Farkas
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
    JAMA 284:717-22. 2000
    ..Recent marked increases in adolescent smoking indicate a need for new prevention approaches. Whether workplace and home smoking restrictions play a role in such prevention is unknown...
  4. ncbi Tobacco industry promotion of cigarettes and adolescent smoking
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
    JAMA 279:511-5. 1998
    ..Whether tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood that youths will begin smoking has important public policy implications...
  5. ncbi Can strategies used by statewide tobacco control programs help smokers make progress in quitting?
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 7:459-64. 1998
    ..4% for one factor, and 40.6% for two or more. These results suggest but do not prove that strategies promoted by statewide tobacco control programs can potentially be effective and that these efforts should be continued and expanded...
  6. ncbi Has the California tobacco control program reduced smoking?
    J P Pierce
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
    JAMA 280:893-9. 1998
    ..Comprehensive community-wide tobacco control programs are considered appropriate public health approaches to reduce population smoking prevalence...
  7. ncbi Determining the probability of future smoking among adolescents
    W S Choi
    Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, 0645, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0645, USA
    Addiction 96:313-23. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Effective prevention programs should aim to convert HRCs to LRCs regardless of past behavior, particularly among middle-school never smokers and high-school experimenters...