The text of Part 1 of a Senate hearing on the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 is reported in this document. It is noted that this act would amend the Public Service Act to establish a center for tobacco products, to inform the public concerning the hazards of tobacco use, to disclose and restrict additives to such…

The text of Part 2 of a Senate hearing on the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 is reported in this document. It is noted that this act would amend the Public Service Act to establish a center for tobacco products, to inform the public concerning the hazards of tobacco use, to disclose and restrict additives to such…

Two studies were done in which the subjects applied punishment contingencies to themselves for smoking cigarettes. After Baseline in Experiment I, the subject set a limit of 15 cigarettes for himself. If he exceeded the level, he was to tear a dollar bill into pieces for every additional cigarette he smoked. Every five days the criterion was…

In light of recent statistics showing a marked increase in teenagers who smoke and the influence of siblings and parents, physicians are urged to undertake an early education approach to the smoking problem with parents and children. (CL)

Non-smokers exposed to emissions from a burning cigarette in ambient air demonstrate measureable physiological responses. The study showed that work capacity was reduced as a result of exposure to their sidestream cigarette smoke. (RE)

Assigned 139 subjects to intensive behavioral or to low-contact smoking treatment and to 2-milligram nicotine gum or to placebo gum in a 2x2 factorial design. Nicotine gum produced higher abstinence rates than did placebo. Subjects receiving low-contact condition plus nicotine gum had excellent abstinence rates at both 26 weeks and 52 weeks.…

Assessed attitudes toward drinking and smoking among 766 women aged 20 to 30 years. Among nonsmokers, drunkenness and smoking were equally distasteful. For total samples rankings were, in order from least acceptable to most acceptable, drunkenness followed by smoking followed by normal drinking. (Author/NB)

Provides an overview of the National Health Interview Survey and describes its potential in health promotion and disease prevention. Reports findings on smoking, alcohol consumption, and weight gain between 1983 and 1985. (RB)

Examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales with chronic cigarette smokers (N=146). Results showed that health locus of control orientation was bidimensional, with domains defined by the Internal and Powerful Others measures. (Author/JAC)

Examined cigarette smoking among health educators, their views about the effects of this behavior upon their audiences and beliefs about smoking in light of their professional role. Smokers and nonsmokers were significantly less included than former smokers to feel the role of health education is to convince people not to smoke. (Author/ABL)

Investigated the influence of group cohesiveness on two multicomponent behavioral treatments of smoking. Subjects (N=72) were randomly assigned to treatment. Enriched cohesiveness subjects not only scored higher on several indexes of cohesion but tended to be more successful over a short term in modifying their smoking behavior. (BH)

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of three versions of a controlled smoking program conducted in the worksite: abrupt reduction, gradual reduction, or gradual reduction plus feedback on nicotine consumption. All conditions were effective. There was some indication that the gradual reduction condition was more effective than the abrupt…

Investigated the factor structure of the Levels of Attribution and Change (LAC) Scale on two samples: adult smokers (N=194) and professional psycho-therapists (N=140). Analysis of data substantiated the utility and internal validity of the LAC theoretical scales and supported the present scoring system. (LLL)

The purpose of this hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property was to consider H.R. 1839, the "Youth Smoking Prevention and State Revenue Enforcement Act." The bill would authorize State attorneys to bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court for violations…