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Monograph 16: ASSIST
Shaping the Future of Tobacco Prevention and Control

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Table of Contents:

• Other NCI Tobacco Control Monographs (58 kb)
• A Note from the Series Editor (53 kb)
• Dedication (53 kb)
• Foreword (69 kb)
• Preface (83 kb)
• The Evaluation of the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention (ASSIST) (71 kb)
• Acronyms List (106 kb)
• Acknowledgments (124 kb)
• Contents (128 kb)



• Chapter 1
  The Historical Context (169 kb)
  • Needed: A New Approach
  • The Context for Creating ASSIST
  • Approval Is Sought
  • Readiness to Go Forward
  • References
  • Additional Resource


• Chapter 2
  The Conceptual Framework (237 kb)
• The Fundamental Premises of ASSIST: Preventing Tobacco Use through the Public Health Model
• The ASSIST Conceptual Framework: Priority Populations, Channels, and Interventions
• ASSIST Program Objectives and Evaluation
• The Selection of States5
• Time to Act
• References


• Chapter 3
  Structure and Communications (286 kb)
• Linking the Units of a Complex Structure
• The Major Organizational Units
• Mechanisms for Coordination, Decision Making, and Communication
• Readiness to Build Capacity and Capabilities
• References


• Chapter 4
  Building National, State, and Local Capacity and Capability (415 kb)
• Creating the Capacity to Act
• Building the Capability to Act
• Willing and Ready
• References


• Chapter 5
  Media Interventions to Promote Tobacco Control Policies (373 kb)
• The Power of the Media
• Preparing for Media Interventions
• Media Strategies and Tactics
• Monitoring Newspaper Coverage
• From Media to Policy Change
• References


• Chapter 6
  Public and Private Policy Interventions (901 kb)
• Policy as an Intervention
• Interventions in Four Policy Areas
• Challenges to Public Policy Interventions
• Insights from Policy Advocacy Experiences
• The Influence of Policy
• References
• Additional Resources


• Chapter 7
  Program Services: Reaching the Individual (251 kb)
• The Challenge of Services Delivery: Setting Priorities
• The Role of ASSIST in Service Provision
• Interaction between Policy and Program Services
• Strength in Comprehensiveness
• References
• Additional Resources


• Chapter 8
  Tobacco Industry Challenge to ASSIST (661 kb)
• Part 1. The Tobacco Industry’s Response to ASSIST: An Analysis of Tobacco Industry Internal Documents
• Methods for Researching the Tobacco Industry Documents
• Results of the Research
• Discussion



• Part 2. ASSIST’s Response to the Tobacco Companies: Facing the Opposition
• Understanding the Obligation to Respond to FOIA Requests
• Understanding the Regulations on Lobbying
• Case Studies
• Onward after the Opposition
• References
• Additional Resources


• Chapter 9
  Planning Strategically for the Future (420 kb)
• At the Turning Point
• The States Work to Sustain Their Programs
• Developing Strategic Plans for a Sustained National Program
• Taking Action to Get Commitment
• Affirming the Commitment
• Turning to Transition
• References
• Additional Resource


• Chapter 10
  From Demonstration Project to Nationwide Program (243 kb)
• The Challenge of Dissemination
• Transition from Agency to Agency: Administrative Issues
• Integrating and Maintaining Core Program Elements
• The National Environment for Tobacco Control: A Consideration
• Toward the Future
• References


• Chapter 11
  The Promise of ASSIST (454 kb)
• Beyond ASSIST
• A Visible Promise: An Evolving Infrastructure
• The Promise of ASSIST: Shaping the Future
• Influencing Public Health Initiatives
• Advancing Evaluation Methodology
• Future Interventions and Research Initiatives
• Onward from ASSIST
• References


• Index (251 kb)

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