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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Policy. 2006 Oct 19;82(2):167–185. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.09.008

Table 5.

California SimSmoke Predictions of Adults (aged 18 and over) Smoking Prevalence with and without Tobacco Control Policies, 1988-2010

Year With actual Policies With policies at their 1988 level With price changes only With clean air laws only With only media policies With only youth access policies
1988 25.5% 25.5% 25.5% 25.5% 25.5% 25.5%
1989 24.0% 25.2% 24.3% 25.2% 25.1% 25.2%
1990 22.0% 24.9% 23.7% 24.9% 23.3% 24.9%

% change 88-90 -13.6% -2.4% -7.2% -2.4% -8.7% -2.4%

1991 21.5% 24.5% 23.1% 24.5% 23.0% 24.5%
1992 21.1% 24.1% 22.7% 24.1% 22.6% 24.1%
1993 20.8% 23.8% 22.4% 23.7% 22.2% 23.8%

% change 90-93 -5.5% -4.5% -5.4% -4.8% -4.5% -4.5%

1994 20.5% 23.4% 22.0% 23.2% 21.8% 23.4%
1995 19.7% 23.0% 21.6% 22.3% 21.6% 23.0%
1996 19.3% 22.6% 21.2% 22.0% 21.3% 22.6%

% change 93-96 -7.0% -4.9% -5.1% -7.2% -4.3% -4.9%

1997 18.9% 22.2% 20.8% 21.6% 20.1% 22.2%
1998 18.4% 21.8% 20.3% 21.2% 19.8% 21.8%
1999 17.1% 21.5% 18.9% 20.8% 19.5% 21.4%

% change 96-99 -11.7% -5.0% -11.1% -5.1% -8.4% -5.2%

2000 16.6% 21.1% 18.4% 20.5% 19.2% 21.1%
2001 16.1% 20.8% 17.9% 20.2% 18.9% 20.7%
2002 15.8% 20.5%
2003 15.5% 20.2% 17.2% 19.6% 18.4% 20.1%

2004 15.1% 19.9% 16.9% 19.3% 18.1% 19.8%

% change 99-04 -11.4% -7.1% -10.5% -7.2% -6.9% -7.5%
% change 88-04 -40.6% -21.8% -33.8% -24.1% -28.9% -22.3%

2005 14.7% 19.7% 16.6% 19.1% 17.9% 19.5%
2010 13.5% 18.5% 15.3% 17.9% 16.9% 18.3%

% change 04-10 -10.9% -7.2% -9.6% -7.3% -7.0% -7.7%