title: Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and outcomes, 1996-1998.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study sought to determine the effects of the California Tobacco Control Program on tobacco-related attitudes and behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 1996 and 1998, a telephone survey was conducted among adults in randomly selected households in 18 California counties. Tenth-grade youths in 84 randomly selected high schools completed a written survey. In analyses conducted at the county level, differences in outcomes were regressed on an index of program exposure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among adults, program exposure was associated with decreased smoking prevalence rates, increased no-smoking policies in homes, and decreased violations of workplace no-smoking policies. Among youths, there was no effect of program exposure on outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that the California Tobacco Control Program may have reduced adult smoking prevalence rates and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Alhambra, 91803, USA. rohrbac@hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: Louise Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Howard-Pitney
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.forename: Clyde W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Dent
authors.forename: Kim Ammann
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Tess Boley
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Kurt M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ribisl
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fishbein
authors.forename: C Anderson
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016134:Organizational Policy; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011049:Social Control Policies; D017132:Workplace