Policy and Politics

Efforts by public health professionals to develop and implement smokefree and tobacco control policies, locally, nationally and internationally, and how the tobacco industry opposes these efforts.
  • Tobacco Industry Political Strategies

    This project investigates tobacco industry political strategies after the institution of "corporate culture" reforms in the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement. It addresses, in particular, the industry's response to tobacco control activities and the industry's use of outside organizations to advocate for its policy goals.

    Dorie Apollonio, PhD
    Assistant Adjunct Professor in Clinical Pharmacy
  • Tobacco Control Research Mentorship Program

    This four year program aims to recruit one-year fellows to conduct policy relevant research in Guatemala. During the program, fellows design, implement and disseminate their tobacco control projects. This program aims to analyze the impact a mentorship program can have in increasing the research capacity in Guatemala.

    Joaquin Barnoya, MD MPH
    Assistant Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
  • Effect of Tobacco Advocacy at the State Level

    Most effective tobacco control policy in the United States has been enacted at the local and, more recently, state level. This project uses case study methods to research  how the tobacco industry and tobacco control professionals influence state and local policy making to develop knowledge that will lead to more effective tobacco control policies and strategies, while taking into account the major changes and uncertainties in the tobacco control policy environment that continue to occur:

    Stanton Glantz, PhD
    Professor of Medicine
  • Use of Science in Secondhand Smoke and Other Policymaking

    This project focuses on the role of evidence in the development of smoking restriction legislation and ergonomic regulations.

    Lisa Bero, PhD
    Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Institute for Health Policy, UCSF
  • Addressing Tobacco through Organizational Change

    Tobacco dependence continues to be the single most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Persons entering drug abuse treatment smoke at 3-4 times the rate, and staff in publicly funded programs smoke at twice the rate, of the general population. Although the burden of illness and associated economic costs of nicotine addiction are elevated in the drug treatment population, treatment programs rarely address comorbid nicotine addiction.

    Joseph Guydish, PhD MPH
    Professor in Residence
  • Characterization of Public Opinion on the Ban of Tobacco Sales in San Francisco Pharmacies

    The purpose of this project was to characterize the San Francisco public’s perceptions and opinions about the ban of tobacco sales in pharmacies.

    Lisa Kroon, PharmD
    Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Analysis of California State Tobacco Control Policy

    In this project, we forecast changes in California smoking behavior and health care costs due to state tobacco control policies. The goals of this project include estimating and forecasting changes in statewide California smoking behavior and health care costs. These changes are due to state tobacco control policies and changes in the state cigarette tax and funding for tobacco control education programs. The project goals also include analysis and reconciliation of different methods of estimating the effect of California tobacco control programs and the health care cost of smoking behavior.

    James Lightwood, PhD
    Associate Adjunct Professor.
  • The Tobacco Problem: Public Health Implications of Contested Frames

    "Extreme makeover"? Or more industry deception? This project explores the tobacco industry’s ‘corporate social responsibility’ efforts and their implications for public health and tobacco control.  

    Ruth Malone, PhD RN
    Professor and Chair, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Smoking and Healthcare Expenditures

    This research involves developing models for smoking-induced heath care expenditures in the state of California as well as within a large HMO. The models include both static and dynamic estimates.

    Wendy Max, PhD
    Professor In Residence
  • Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

    The Center creates partnerships with health care provider and policy groups to promote smoking cessation.  

    Steven Schroeder, MD
    Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care
  • 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 focus attention on the behaviors of the tobacco industry, and to develop a resource for advocates designing such campaigns.  

    Elizabeth Smith, PhD
    Associate Adjunct Professor
  • Economic Impact of Smoking for Persons with Mental Disorders

    The objective of this study is to examine smoking behavior and estimate the economic burden of smoking among California adults with mental disorders.  The proposal seeks to determine: (1) smoking prevalence rates and cigarette consumption per smoker among mentally ill adults, (2) healthcare costs of smoking among mentally ill adults, and (3) value of lost productivity from smoking-related diseases among mentally ill adults.  

    Hai-Yen Sung, PhD
    Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
  • Cigarette Butt Disposal

    Research on the impact of cigarette butt disposal in the outdoor environment as toxic waste.  

    Richard Barnes, JD
    Health Sciences Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
    Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
  • Evaluating a City's Smokefree Policy in multi-Unit Housing

    This project will evaluate what community stakeholders know about a new citywide ordinance that bans smoking in multi-unit housing (MUH) in Richmond, California. In this in-depth case study, we will use focus groups and one-on-one interviews to identify and document successes and challenges of implementing a smoke-free policy in multi-unit housing.

    Valerie Yerger, ND
    Assistant Adjunct Professor