MakingItHardertoSmokeandEasiertoQuit:TheEffect of10YearsofTobaccoControlinNewYorkCity

In 2002, New York City implemented a comprehensive tobacco control plan that discouraged smoking through excise taxes and smoke-free air laws and facilitated quitting through population-wide cessation services and hard-hitting mediacampaigns. Following the implementation of these activities through a well-funded and politically supported program, the adult smoking rate declined by 28% from 2002 to 2012, and the youth smoking rate declined by 52% from 2001 to 2011. These improvements indicate that local jurisdictions can have a significant positive effect on tobacco control.(AmJPublicHealth. 2014;104:e5‐e8. doi:10.2105/