SimSmoke model evaluation of the effect of tobacco control policies in Korea: the unknown success story.
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the effect of strict tobacco control policies, implemented beginning in 1995 in the Republic of Korea, on smoking prevalence and deaths. METHODS: SimSmoke is a simulation model of the effect of tobacco control policies over time on smoking initiation and cessation. It uses s...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 100; no. 7; pp. 1267 - 1274 |
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American Public Health Association
Jul2010
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