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Tobacco Use in California An Evaluation of the Tobacco Contol Program, 1989-1993
Pierce JP
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ABSTRACT: Evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program
Progress from 1988 through 1993
1. Protection of Nonsmokers form Environmental Tobacco Smoke
(ETS)
(a) Children at Home: 80% of children younger than 17
years protected by 1993
(b) Nonsmokers at Work: 23% decrease in the number of
nonsmokers exposed to ETS during 1990-1993
2. Reduction in Smoking Prevalence
(a) Tobacco consumption declined 27% between 1988 and 1993.
(b) Smoking prevalence declined 28% from an estimated 26.5% in
1988 to a best estimate of 19.1% in 1993.
(c) The observed decline in consumption and prevalence resulted
from an increase in successful quitting among California
adults.
(d) No decline in adolescent smoking was observed after 1990.
The Program appears to have halted the increases in
adolescent smoking observed during 1988-1990.
Forecast to Year 1999
1. As currently implemented, the Tobacco Control Program will
not meet the legislatively set goal of a 75% reduction in
smoking prevalence.
2. To achieve the set goal, the Program should emphasize
effective interventions in order to increase its annual
impact by 50% for the period 1994 through 1999.
SUGGESTED CITATION:
Pierce JP, Evans N, Farkas AJ, Cavin SW, Berry C, Kramer M, Kealey S, Rosbrook B, Choi W, and Kaplan RM,
"Tobacco Use in California An Evaluation of the Tobacco Contol Program, 1989-1993"
(January 1, 1994).
Tobacco Control.
Surveys and Program Evaluations from Outside UCSF.
Paper CTC1989-93.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/tc/surveys/CTC1989-93
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