Open AccessSetting a Challenging Yet Realistic Smoking Prevalence Target for Healthy People 2020: Learning From the California Experience
Author(s) -
David Méndez,
Kenneth E. Warner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.107441
Subject(s) - smoking prevalence , smoking cessation , medicine , demography , demographics , tobacco control , population , prevalence , environmental health , gerontology , public health , pathology , sociology
We sought to outline an optimistic yet achievable goal for future US smoking prevalence rates based on empirical evidence reflecting the success of smoking control efforts in California.