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Research: Policy and Politics

Effect of Tobacco Advocacy at the State Level
Studies of tobacco industry and public health groups in the state policymaking process regarding tobacco.
Stanton Glantz
Professor of Medicine

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Analysis of Tobacco Industry Documents
Analysis of the tobacco industry with special emphasis on second-hand smoke, tobacco industry influence on the policy making process, and marketing particularly to ethnic minorities.
Stanton Glantz
Professor of Medicine

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Tobacco Industry Targeting of African Americans
Tobacco and African Americans
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Targeting of Gays and Lesbians
Targeting of other marginalized groups.
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Responses to Public Health Campaigns
Tobacco industry’s public relations and image management strategies.
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Protecting the ‘Hood Against Tobacco (PHAT)
Cessation among African Americans based on involving them in tobacco control policy
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry and the U.S. Military
Tobacco in the U.S. military
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Environmental Issues and the Tobacco Industry
Tobacco in our environment.
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Depositions and Trial Testimony Project Team
What we can learn from testimony under oath by tobacco industry executives.
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Control Policy Analysis & Intervention in China
Tobacco control in China
S. Katharine Hammond
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UCB

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Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model
The Coronary Heart Disease Policy (CHDP) to model to estimate the health utilization and economic consequences of passive smoking in the United States.
James Lightwood
Assistant Adjunct Professor

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Smoking and healthcare expenditures in California
A Dynamic Model of Smoking and Healthcare Expenditures in CA
Wendy Max
Professor In Residence, Institute For Health & Aging

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Smoking cessation and medical care expenditures in a large HMO
Smoking Cessation and Medical Care Use/Costs in a Large HMO
Wendy Max
Professor In Residence, Institute For Health & Aging

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Tobacco Industry
"Extreme makeover"? Or more industry deception?
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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External Validity Reporting in Scientific and Professional Journals
Summary to be posted here following the April 18 completion of the meeting in Chapel Hill. See Green & Glasgow article in March 2006 issue of Evaluation and the Health Professions.
Lawrence Green
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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Smoking Cessation and Medical Care Use/Costs in a Large HMO
Analysis of smoking cessation programs, smoking cessation behavior, and medical care costs among members of a large HMO in Northern California
Hai-Yen Sung
Associate Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging

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Tobacco Industry Targeting of Older Persons
Tobacco and the senior population
Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Responses to Public Health Campaigns
This project uses tobacco industry documents to explore how the tobacco industry has responded to public health and other campaigns that focused attention on the behaviors of the tobacco industry, and to develop a resource for advocates designing such campaigns. The project includes studies of the
Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry and the U.S. Military
This multi-site collaborative project uses tobacco industry documents, interviews, and analysis of policies to study the influence of the tobacco industry on the U.S. military.
Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Depositions and Trial Testimony Project Team
This project is a qualitative analysis of tobacco industry trial testimony and depositions, focused on the ethical discourse of tobacco industry executives under oath, their framing strategies related to tobacco use, and other issues.
Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Interest in Diet and Obesity Issues
This project uses tobacco industry documents and content analysis of the popular press to examine how the tobacco industry has exploited diet and obesity in advertising and public relations.
Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Tobacco Industry
This project uses tobacco industry documents to analyze the implications of the industry's corporate social responsibility initiatives for tobacco control.
Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Tobacco Industry Political Strategies
This project investigates tobacco industry political strategies after the institution of "corporate culture" reforms in the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, in particular the industry's response to tobacco control activities and its use of outside organizations to advocate for its policy goals.
Dorie E. Apollonio
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Clinical Pharmacy

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Effect of Campaign Finance Laws on Policy Making
This project is funded by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Dorie E. Apollonio
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Clinical Pharmacy

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Use of Evidence in Policy Making
The project, funded by the FAMRI Center of Excellence, reviews strategies to increase the use of research evidence regarding the health risks of secondhand smoke by physicians, journalists, and consumer advocacy groups.
Dorie E. Apollonio
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Clinical Pharmacy

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Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
The Center creates partnerships with health care provider and policy groups to promote smoking cessation.
Steve Schroeder
Professor, Medicine

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Impact of tobacco industry activity on health care for older adults with tobacco addiction
Use tobacco documents to describe tobacco industry: advertising and marketing strategies targeting older smokers; influence on tobacco control policies specific to older adults; strategies to influence the conduct, interpretation, and dissemination of science related to older adults.
Janine Cataldo
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing

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Faculty Members
 Stanton Glantz
Professor of Medicine
 Ruth Malone
Professor and Vice Chair
Social & Behavioral Sciences
 S. Katharine Hammond
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UCB
 James Lightwood
Assistant Adjunct Professor
 Wendy Max
Professor In Residence, Institute For Health & Aging
 Steve Schroeder
Professor, Medicine
 Lawrence Green
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
 Hai-Yen Sung
Associate Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
 Dorie E. Apollonio
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Clinical Pharmacy
 Elizabeth (Libby) Smith
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
 Janine Cataldo
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing
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