The Minnesota SimSmoke Tobacco Control Policy Model of Smokeless Tobacco and Cigarette Use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A previous Minnesota SimSmoke tobacco control policy model is extended to more recent years and to include smokeless tobacco use.

Methods

Using data from the 1993 Tobacco Use Supplement and information on state policies, the Minnesota SimSmoke model was updated and extended to incorporate smokeless tobacco (both exclusive and dual use) and smokeless tobacco-attributable deaths. The model was then validated against the 2002, 2006/2007, and 2014/2015 Tobacco Use Supplement and the 1999, 2007, 2014, and 2018 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey and used to estimate the impact of policies implemented between 1993 and 2018. Analysis was conducted in April 2019.

Results

The model validated well for cigarette and earlier smokeless tobacco use, but it predicted smokele

SUBMITTER: Levy DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756173 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature