title: Adult smoking intervention programmes in Massachusetts: a comprehensive approach with promising results.
abstract: This paper provides a brief overview of the history of Massachusetts' opposition to smoking. It describes the current Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program and its smoking intervention programmes; changes in public opinion, perceptions and attitudes toward smoking; and programme impact. Massachusetts has been successful in developing a comprehensive intervention that has had encouraging results in changing public attitudes about smoking and in helping smokers to quit.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108-4619, USA. harriet.robbins@state.ma.us
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krakow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000639:trends*; D016540:Smoking Cessation