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A Centralised Telephone Service for Tobacco Cessation: The California Experience 2000
A study demonstrating the accessibility and use of the California Smokers' Helpline by California's diverse populations racial/ethnic population.
 
An Evaluation of the California Community Intervention 2010
A study examining the key community-level factors associated with higher tobacco control program performance among California local tobacco control projects.
 
Assessing the Relationship between Ad Volume and Awareness of a Tobacco Education Media Campaign 2010
A study examining exposure to anti-tobacco ads to recall which found that recall was stronger from cumulative exposure than the intensity or density of media placement.
 
Building Local Program Evaluation Capacity Toward A Comprehensive Evaluation 2002
A summary of California's approach to increasing evaluation capacity and accountability among locally funded tobacco control projects.
 
California's Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act, Tax Stamp Law, and Their Impact on Smuggling and other Tax Evasion Activities 2009
A study that describes California’s efforts to reduce illicit tobacco trade through tobacco retail licensing and a high-tech stamp law.
 
Changes of Attitudes and Patronage Behaviors in Response to a Smoke-Free Bar Law 2003
A study of the change and increased support for California's smoke-free bar law among bar patrons.
 
Changes of Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Preference of Bar Owner and Staff in Response to A Smoke-Free Bar Law 2004
A study examining changes in preferences for and support for California's smoke-free bar law among bar workers following the implementation of the law.
 
Characteristics and Participant Perceptions of Tobacco Control Coalitions in California 1993
A study examining the attitudes and perceptions of California tobacco control coalition members.
 
Cigarette Smoking Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: How Serious a Problem? 2004
A study providing the strong evidence that California lesbians, bisexual females, and gay men have significantly higher cigarette smoking prevalence rates than their heterosexual counterparts.
 
Collaboration with Behavioral Health Care Facilities to Implement Systemwide Tobacco Control Policies — California, 2012
A study describing an increase in readiness among behavioral health organizations to implement smoke-free policies and cessation services following their participation in trainings conducted by the California Tobacco Control Program.
 
Cost-Effective Smoke-Free Multiunit Housing Media Campaigns 2011
A study demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of California smoke-free multi-unit housing media advertising campaigns.
 
Declines in Lung Cancer Rates - California, 1988 - 1997, 2000
A study of lung cancer incidence in California for the period 1988--1997 that found age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rates in California declined significantly compared with stable incidence rates for the combined SEER area of five states and three metropolitan areas.
 
English Language Proficiency and Smoking Prevalence among California's Asian Americans 2005
A study examining smoking prevalence among California Asian Americans that found English proficiency seemed to have the effect of reducing smoking prevalence rates among Asian males but had just the opposite effect among Asian females.
 
Evaluation of California's In-School Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Activities Using a Nested School-Longitudinal Design, 2003–2004 and 2005–2006, 2010
A study showing a suggestive-relationship between school-based tobacco control efforts in California with reduced student tobacco use.
 
Forty Years of Faster Decline in Cigarette Smoking in California Explains Current Lower Lung Cancer Rates 2010
A study examining smoking prevalence in California and lung cancer rates that found the introduction of the California Tobacco Control Program doubled the rate of decline in cigarette consumption contributing to faster declines in lung cancer incidence that the rest of the nation.
 
High Quit Ratio Among Asian Immigrants in California: Implications for Population Tobacco Cessation 2007
A study demonstrating large differences in annual cessation quit rates among California's Asian immigrant populations in contrast to the quit rates of these populations in their country of origin.
 
Is Adolescent Smoking Related to the Density and Proximity of Tobacco Outlets and Retail Cigarette Advertising Near Schools? 2008
A study examining the relations between tobacco retailer density near schools, proximity of tobacco retailers to schools, and exposure of teens to cigarette advertising found a positive relationship to teen smoking.
 
Maximizing the Impact of Digital Media Campaigns to Promote Smoking Cessation: A Case Study of the California Tobacco Control Program and the California Smokers’ Helpline
A study highlighting the process evaluation of the use of digital media in a proxy-targeted campaign to promote the California Smokers’ Helpline to health care professionals.
 
Maximizing the Impact of Digital Media Campaigns to Promote Smoking Cessation: A Case Study of the California Tobacco Control Program and the California Smokers’ Helpline 2014
An descriptive evaluation of a digital media campaign promoting the California Smokers' Helpline and lessons learned.
 
Policy-Driven Tobacco Control 2010
An examination of how local smoke-free policies in California built momentum for the successful enactment of a state clean indoor air law.
 
Prevalence of Heavy Smoking in California and the United States, 1965-2007, 2011
A study of smoking in California and the rest of the United States between 1965 and 2007 that found the prevalence of high-intensity smoking decreased greatly in the United States, but declines in moderate and high intensity smoking was greater in California during this period, and that declines in smoking in California during this period was largely the result of reduced initiation and a probable increase in smoking cessation.
 
Quitline Utilization Rates of African-American and White Smokers: The California experience 2011
A study demonstrating that African-American smokers were significantly more likely to call the state quitline than white smokers were.
 
Smoke-free Laws and Bar Revenues in California – The Last Call 2005
A study of tax revenue that found California's 1995 smoke-free restaurant law was associated with an increase in restaurant revenues and the 1998 smoke-free bar law was associated with an increase in bar revenues.
 
Smoking-Attributable Cancer Mortality in California, 1979–2005, 2010
A study of the smoking-attributable cancer mortality rate (SACMR) from 1979 to 2005 in California and the rest of the US which found the SACMR rate of decline in California accelerated after the inception of the California Tobacco Control Program.
 
Store Tobacco Policies: A Survey of Store Managers, California, 1996–1997, 1999
A study examining store policies and store type with rates of illegal tobacco sales to minors that found chain stores and those that had engaged in tobacco control activities such as posting age-of-sale signage and had beliefs that compliance checks were occurring, were less likely to sell tobacco to minors.
 
The Impact of Social Norm Change Strategies on Smokers' Quitting Behaviors 2010
A study examining the relationship between social norm constructs used by the California Tobacco Control Program and the relationship of these social norms to changing the smoking-related behavior of individuals.
 
The Quarter that Changed the World 2010
A summary review of the operation, structure, evolution, and results from California's comprehensive tobacco control program.
 
The Use of Training and Technical Assistance to Drive and Improve Performance of California's Tobacco Control Program 2011
A summary review of the California Tobacco Control Program's training and technical assistance system which relies on the use of expert and peer-to-peer technical assistance models to disseminates both evidence-based and tacit community-based knowledge.
 
Tobacco Marketing in California and Implications for The Future 2010
A summary of California tobacco industry monitoring of events and retail outlets, and findings about exposure to and beliefs about tobacco industry marketing among youths and adults conducted during the period 2000 through 2008.
 
Using A Cessation-Related Outcome Index To Assess California's Cessation Progress at the Population Level 2010
Using A Cessation-Related Outcome Index To Assess California's Cessation Progress at the Population Level (2010)​
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