Set of research articles on how and why tobacco use is a priority in managed care, and what can be done about it.

Updates on tobacco law from international to local, tobacco ligitation updates, and tobacco industry documents that feature in tobacco law.

Papers on state laws on tobacco control, preemptive state tobacco laws, attitudes towards smoking in different states, effectiveness of tobacco control programs, and MMWR reports.

The American Medical Women's Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives.

Paper in the Journal of Health Economics; concludes that comprehensive bans reduce consumption, limited bans have little or no effect.

California's tough anti-smoking measures and public health campaigns have resulted in a 14% decrease in lung cancer.

Articles addressing how restricting tobacco is getting harder to do as the world drops trade restrictions and economies become intertwined.

Tobacco use reduction conferences, papers, research results, and best practices of interest to health plans; health effects; secondhand smoke; effectiveness of media campaigns; effectiveness of quit smoking methods.