the Task Force either strongly recommended or recommended nine of the 14 strategies evaluated (Table 2). These nine Grannies Thumbnail include one intervention to reduce exposure to ETS (smoking bans and restrictions), two interventions to reduce tobacco-use Grannies Thumbnail (increasing the unit price for tobacco Grannies Thumbnail and.

States. Time Grannies Thumbnail resource constraints precluded review of some interventions (e.g., communitywide risk factor screening and counseling). Interventions Grannies Thumbnail were either single-component (i.e., using Grannies Thumbnail one activity to achieve desired outcomes) Grannies Thumbnail multicomponent (i.e., using more Grannies Thumbnail one related activity). Interventions were grouped together Grannies Thumbnail the basis of their similarity. Some studies provided evidence for more than one intervention. In these cases, the studies were reviewed for each applicable intervention. The classifications or nomenclature Grannies Thumbnail in Grannies Thumbnail report were chosen to ensure comparability in the review process, and these classifications Grannies Thumbnail differ from those used in the original studies. To be included in the reviews of effectiveness, studies had to meet these criteria: a) they were limited to Grannies Thumbnail investigations of interventions selected for evaluation; b) they were published in English from January 1980 through May 2000; c) they were conducted in industrialized countries.

provider reminder plus Grannies Thumbnail education with or without patient education program; multicomponent interventions.