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Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior and Policy , ~ I= Harvard University John F. Kcnnody School' of Govcrnntcnt 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTE The Institute was founded in 1984 with the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, follbwing a planning, period fostered by Harvard's Division of Health Policy Research and Education. The Institute's location in the John F.. Kennedy School of Governmenr enables it to d'raw on the broad& interest and expertise in public policy, economics and health issues of the School's facultv and its Center for Health 1'oliLti: and Management. The Insritutc's mission is to:  Serve as a hacal point and inr formation resource tiir research in smoking behavior and pohd  Stimulate rrsrarch \% hich will support and cnh.tnt:e poli.ti' dl'velopmeltn  Conduct research proiects \c'ith potential tur pnn8r.ttni„r policr• applications  Monitor e.mts and':h.uzs;us in policies to identitc re,canh opportunities  Search for tipportttntties t0 translate research findings ntt„ progranis an.l ,tratr.gtcc`fi,r sntoking prorntiton and control The diversificd proL:r.tnu„f research nrrtlrd to t trrn uut thr, mission is ,upp,+rted prnn.trtk h. grants trom thr ('arncl;lc Corporatt„ni„f Ne\\ Y,,rl, and the W. K. KclluLg holtrnl.tu„11 ~citli .t.ldltl,,nal ,ul*p„rt tln,m thu C.tb„t F=:untll: C'h.tnt.thlc Trust., Thc (', tnra.l' I I llt,,n .lrnl Alfrril P ',Il+an Fotun.l.un,n, .ind the Nam,n.tl C.1n-r In,ntut: The ,eve n. R ntcnt, ur p" ":, t, \h hic h r,,lnl*rt,t, our rr,c.tr, h progrant .trr .t, fi,11,,t.,: The naturall history project exam, NATURAL ines smoking behavior on the levell of the individual. The em- phasis is on naturally occurring HISTORY transitions in smoking, front in- itiation through to cessatiim, and on their potential as pointss for intervention. The three main objectives are to:  Investigate the transitions in smoking that occur among adolescents and' youmg adults. X% ith particular emphasis on the quit attempts made by this age group • Explore transitions in smok- ing associatrd .vith he:rlth events • Stul,i6• in Lletciil relapse amonk sntokers who h.tve no.ule an initial .tttempt to stop ,Im,kiitg Tlti, \\orik conlhincs inti•rview. .tru1 ,ur.rv rr.earch. .tnahses c,f ixistiilg data, and litcraturc Ill „rtier to ,j.:velenl, .uiki cv.lluatc .Ihhro.ts he, to rvtltiLlnL', or hre- ~entang ,lotG,kin~;. h„lii~ nt.lkrrti nceil tt, k n0\% til.,re .tbout V.ho ,ni„kc,. \% ho is ,t.lrnnu.,.tnd ~~ ht, i, trving t„ t„h I Itt, hruit.rt ,ulll'tta .tn,1 thr it.lrl.lhlc ,d.lt,l „n , hun~~, ln ,nu,l.tn,- bcha,, i„r ln ~.lnl,tn iriun~raplhi. .ln~t „,,Il,vr„11„In- Iv L;r,t1117, 111 „rd,. r ttn-. • I_:v ,1'ut&„tt ,In,,l:nog h.h.r.l„r t+r l.di ntitV r.lrgrt I",l,ul.tn„lo, th.tt ,ttrr "I,IA~,ftlGtiltt~',f,nr,lm,h- ITILZ lntCnrntlunil,rt,~r.tln,• I ),~rl ,h nt tll,,,i, ~ r .ul.ll\ ~- 1n4,nl,ol;ln>;.t,.i ikn.tln1C hdh.t% l„r • ti6u1lY ,iltlt*rc.n(c.v Ill ,I11„I:ln~~ hcll.t:l„r h~ ~,,,untn DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

1 INTERVENTION The Intervention project is cur- RESEARCH rently evaluating the effects of implementing hospital sntoking policies, and conducting research to identify general in- tervention~ modils tbr smoking prevention and' intrrvention, such, as interventions %ti hich aitll,i to reducrr* smoking:  During and after port;llanov  Following eorrsnarv .trterv bypass surgcry  Among tcrns and voung adults in transition CONFERENCES The Institutr sponsors ankilco- sponsors a tnlnlbcr uf,unl"cr- rncrs each yrar on rc,carih.uld policy issucs, The conti'rcnie, brmg tr,erth cr such divrr.r grnup,.n Ar„rn+- mists, policy rnal.k:r., hch.t~ tr,r.tl scientists and ph.trtn.r,oll,ut,t. to examine rr,carA tn,ll publlu poliiy issurs iili„r.lrr r„ trdcnttt\ nea arca, ot rc~,carch or nctk options f,r .t.l.lrr.vn; ~.trt, tt, aspects ot thr ,ln„I,ing }*r-,blcnt T)picsini lndc:  Cig,trcttc l.t\  Tilh+tiii, Ua• .1. .ru A1l,ltt tt\ i I'torr„  l'harnla~ul.•_t lrr.ltnunt'. ot TobaUroI I): hcn ictc, r  In,ur.tn~r  A~Irrrtlvtt, • Ouitnitor bs: ILrtt. , To monitor and assess current RESEARCH activitic1s in smoking behavior and!policy, the Institute has DATABASE built a research database which inclhdes information on researchers and their interests. The database facil'itates conutlu- nications with the research culltmunitv and enables us too provide coordination in sntok- in); research and' pcllicy issues. The Institute publishrs and dis- DISCUSSION tributes a series of tCn Iliscus- ,ion papers a }-rar to dra-w attention to n0r topics and to Enrovide an a%'rnue tilr discus,iutl ot %\ ork that h.ts nor as yrt becn publi,hrdi Ex.tn1plcs include paprrs \%:ritt.'n bv established rcIcarchcrS 1S,oc latcti %%'.tth thC In.titute as ~srll! a; thosc \% ritten li\. ,tudcnt., a, part of the f:innk,vly Schuol's Policy Analy- ,t, LsrrLi,c. C's,nrrnrnts ttotlli rs adcr, }`r(,. tdv ,'.tlu.tblc t-cxd- 1,.t.F: t"or ,tii.lics in progtr,ti. I hu ,cri., %% rl(r+,ntcs nt,tnu,t rapt, ut prrliinin.trv %.,,rk. \wrk ul tnd ,~tllur unpuhliSlhrd I-Cp(,rt,. PAPER SERIES I IuouLli huturikal anal", SOCIAL , " tr,lt~ n .tn .lk:tti•rtnulv ~% Ih, ll t•„Iti t. , h.ta ,\ork.: i,tt, k v,•.t0l- ;~ in ttt. p.t,t tn,i ,.tn tr.r, li !t , tlt.tt h.t\ c t.tl.L'nl pi.t.c iot } cl it, .rttitudr,. I )r .\dl.tn HISTORY nt Iti,t,,n.tn ut tht- I rnin nt ,,t t.tl %1rd1k ltoC 1 IIl.rlth I'oit,\ it tht, Il.tr- ir,i \I, Ji,,.id \, Ih,.,d t. .,,tlItu t- ;,u. h I ,t't rlc. ,%Iu, It %%tll ;t in t I,-„-L, .,rt titu ,,,, 1.11 N r,.! , ,iturtl I~o,t~,m ~t ,ln~~klnt 0 n \„a n, iniltir ~~~ vl ~C lM'~ 'W~

INSTITUTE Thomas C. Schelling, Direc- STAFF tor, is Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy. John M. Pinney; Executive Director, is tiumrr director ot the Office on Smoking and Health in the Public H'ealth Service: Jan L. Hitchcock. Associ.tte Direetor, is a p,~ oh„I,ngi,t. studying the natural histurv of smoking. ~ Nancy A. Rigotti, M.D.. A,- sociate DirCrt0r. iti an in:trtti- tor in mrdirini .tt Hltrvar,i !vled6i al S(hrlull .tn.1 .tn mtcrn,- ist at M,tssathusctts Grniral Hospital.Shv t, i,kanltnln,, snulkiitg intircrntttm tn hv•tlthirari ,k'tttn,,. Michael A. Stoto. A.,o, 1,141 I)ircutclr. iti .tss„k t.trr hr„ti,- sor ot Puhln h„IlrA k0nkltik- ing dem,n~r.tphtk nr,r.tr.li "nl srrtokin>;,. Laura J. Flinchbaugh. lCrsiarchi.\„t.t.lnt. u{ p, rt, the v, ork ,t tlii N.Itlir.tl IIt,- tory .tnd I nti r% cnn, m pmjic t,. Andrea M. Berman. Ri,.1.tr.lt A..istunt. nl.In.IL,'N thi ri,.:arih LI'ut.lh.i,r..lnii tln In- Joseph A. Califano Partner Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood Beatrix A. Hamburg, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Howard Hiatt, M.D.. Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Newton N. Minow Partner Sidlev and Austin James L. Moorefield Pnsident Health Insurance Association of Amirica Frederick Mosteller 12ostrr 1. Lee Professor S.-h0xll rlt Public Health Harvard' University Joseph P. Newhouse Hia.1 E:on0iotics Depart»tettt I h.• It'and Corporation Julius B. Richmond, M.D. I)triitx I )lvr.inn of Health Policy {tr,i:uih and Education I I.tnaral Univrrsitx Arthur C. Upton, M.D. sttnu(i Ilhr.tn ( h.tirnt.tn I Helen Chayet'skv. \,Iniiln•tr.l- n,tltuti (,t~ E_nvirn,ntncntal \lL,il, mr M,i A,ast.tllt. l, r..l ,n, i Il t'lr thi a,dtiiiewtr irl\, tn.tn.tLiln~t,t , t th~ I,,•t,n:c, \kw York l.'ntnrr,iiv 1]vdl..tl ( ~ tltrr~ 1 )axid M. Burns, M.D. RESEARCH ADVISORY Graham T. Alli.on \-wl.lti ProtV»i,r 0f N'Iitfiittli ADVISORY BOARD I)van lohtl F. Is. nw. ,,,t Cislkrrnln il FI.Ir,\ar,d l : :. l nt.in,lr~ „t ('altt~,rnta ~.in t )IC~;t, COMMITTEE John Bunkcr. M.I). I'r„tk--,r - t •,: . St.tnt0rnl \1 t . . , .

Ellen R. Gritz Director DD ivision of Cancer Control Jbnsson Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California Los Angeles Jeffrey E. Harris, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Econonlics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology C. Anderson Johnson I)irector Health~ LBchavior Research Institute University of Southern California Edward Lichtenstein Professor I)rpartmettt of f'sv,chologv Uni,, crsity of Oregon Mark H. Moore I)anicl' and' Florrncc Gi1LS;enhrinl Pmti•ssor Johtl F. KvnnL•tiv SCho0Ilut (iin.•rrnlllrllt H'ar.:ard Uiliaersin• Judith K. Ockene I)irector. 1)i\l,iun uf I'tr\iasn\r .tn.l lii h.ivior.tF 't1i•tiik inc Uilt\ rr,ltv ot 'Au„R hu,ctt, It)CCGr.ll S. hunl Terry Pechacek N,sowi.ttc I'ro?ti•„Or I )ivision of EpiLdi nlinl0>;\ l,`,liVer,it\ t,t N1u,it.•.otu Michael Pertschuk ('o-I )i rrkt4?r Fhc AtIvuc.lcv Ih.ritutc Saul ShifEman Ar,l,tml( Pr?ntc„or I)ip:Irt[11itOLOt 1",\1 Uinvcr,itc ot I'ttt,hurgh Kenneth E. Warner Ch.tirntan. I )ch.trtinrnt utll'Ir.tlth I'lunnini; and AtInnnt,trrcum Srhtltll tlt I'iohlit: FICaltll Uni.-ersit\. of !vliuhis;.tn