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CENTURY
Yale University
School of Medicine
SAC-S203
Connecticut
Mental Health Center
34 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06519

Phone:
203-974-7591

Fax:
203-974-7606

E-mail:
infocentury@yale.edu

Policy Research at CENTURY/TTURC

The tobacco policy research unit at the Yale School of Public Health conducts empirical, population-based and policy related research on tobacco use and tobacco control.

Our mission is to provide an empirical basis to promote public and private policy changes that can reduce the negative impact of tobacco use and dependence.

Our research team aims to:

• Study the impact of smoking and smoking cessation on workplace productivity.
• Quantify the economic value of a smoker quitting.
• Produce cost-effectiveness analyses of new treatments for smoking cessation.
• Analyze smoking cessation in special populations.
• Conduct applied policy analysis of current policy issues.

Specific projects range from analyzing the 'securitization' of state funds from the Master Settlement Agreement to research using the large, national Tobacco Use Survey of the Current Population Survey to examine the impact of smoking and smoking cessation on absences from work. We also have several projects using 'willingness to pay' as a method of determining the value to society and individuals of quitting smoking.

Professor Jody Sindelar, Ph.D., is the Principal Investigator of the grant. Her research is on the economics of substance abuse, focusing on the impact of alcoholism, tobacco use, and illicit drug use on productivity, crime, education, and the well-being of families. Dr. Sindelar's work has been published in medical care, health services, substance abuse, and economics journals. Tracy Falba, Ph.D., is the Co-Principal Investigator.

Other investigators in the policy research unit include Professor Susan Busch, Ph.D., Professor Hong Wang, Ph.D., and Professor Patricia Keenan, Ph.D. The unit also includes Melissa Carlson and Angela Bauer Snyder, Ph.D. students.

To find out more about our work, please see our policy research projects page.

This policy research is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is part of the Yale TTURC (Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center) and CENTURY (the Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research, Dr. Stephanie O'Malley, P.I.). CENTURY is located at the Yale Medical School and School of Public Health. The policy research team maintains close links with the CENTURY/TTURC Communications Unit, directed by Pem McNerney. To find out more about the work done by the communications unit, please read our news page.