title: Evaluation: methods and strategy for evaluation--California.
abstract: In this report, the author documents the many successes in California's history of tobacco control efforts, and the primary role given to evaluation. She provides a comprehensive overview of California's multidimensional evaluation structure and concludes with key lessons gleaned from a decade of evaluation research.
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Control Section, Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California 94234-7320, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*