In This Issue

Introduction

A quick look at the widespread implications of smoking.

In the Abstract

Synopses of health policy research.

Who Knows

Interviews with Wendy Bjornson, Director of the Pacific Center on Health and Tobacco and Joseph R. DiFranza, M.D. of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

What Works

A look at Oregon's Tobacco Prevention and Education Program and Florida's FTPP and Truth

On the Horizon

Lowering Medicaid Costs Associated with Smoking.

Digging Deeper

Helpful resources for further research.

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