UCI-led research team recommends new tobacco control policies for lawmakers
Research from team lead by UCI shows that:
By increasing cigarette taxes, raising the smoking age and adopting new or enforcing current regulations that prevent or delay youth smoking, elected officials and other policy makers can improve lives and save billions of taxpayer dollars, according to a UC Irvine-led tobacco policy consortium.
“Our research shows that reducing smoking initiation in youth is likely to offer the largest public health impact during this new century,” said Daniel Stokols, UCI professor of planning, policy and design, who helped establish the consortium – a partnership of researchers, community leaders, health advocates, school administrators, teachers and elected officials.