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David Satcher, MD, PhD; Michael Eriksen, ScD

JAMA. 1994;271(8):627-628.

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Under the best of circumstances, knowledge brings about changes in behavior and public policy. When thinking about what we know and what we have accomplished in the realm of smoking and health, we perceive a paradox. Decades of careful medical research have documented the hazards of smoking. Social scientists continue to investigate and define the factors that impede efforts to prevent the use of tobacco. We know that nicotine is an addictive substance and that our children are very vulnerable to this addiction. We know that smoking is the single greatest cause of death in the United States.¹ Yet, we are still plagued by an entirely preventable problem, and this is the paradox of tobacco control.

To better understand this paradox and perhaps be better able to reconcile what we know and what we do, we have developed a framework that provides an organized approach to categorizing tobacco control . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Office of the Director (Dr Satcher) and Office on Smoking and Health (Dr Eriksen), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop D-14, Atlanta, GA 30333 (Dr Satcher).

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