Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0775436

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0775436

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The relationships between retail availability, peer smoking and tobacco purchase and consumption: a diary study of smoking behaviour. Despite multiple public health initiatives, smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death, costing the Australian community more than 19,000 lives each year. Public awareness of the dangers of smoking is high, yet around 19% of Australians continue to smoke. Social effects (e.g. the presence of nearby smokers) and the high retail availability of cigarettes are likely to be associated with smoking rates and failed quit attempts, yet there is little research in this area. By providing a better understanding of the effect of these factors on smoking patterns, the study will suggest the most effective avenues for reducing the rate of smoking in Australia, and thus decreasing its substantial cost to individuals and the community.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 30-06-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $30,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sales And Distribution | Public Health and Health Services | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Public Policy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Public health not elsewhere classified | Behaviour and health |

Other Keywords

Behaviour and health | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Public Health and Health Services | Public Policy | Public health not elsewhere classified | Sales And Distribution

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