Dileep G Bal

Biographic Data

ID5573174
NAMEDileep G Bal
GIVEN NAMESDileep G
FAMILY NAMEBal
SIGNATUREBAL D G
AFFILIATIONSHao Tang, David W. Cowling, Jon C. Lloyd, Todd Rogers, Kristi L. Koumjian, and Colleen M. Stevens are with the Tobacco Control Section, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. Dileep G. Bal is with the Cancer Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS22
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX3

  • Cigarette Smoking Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals

    Open AccessHao Tang, Greg Greenwood et al.ARTICLECancer Causes & Control2004

  • Changes of Attitudes and Patronage Behaviors in Response to a Smoke-Free Bar Law

    Hao Tang, David W Cowling et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2003Cited by: 11References: 20

    Objectives. We examined patron responses to a California smoke-free bar law. Methods. Three telephone surveys measured attitudes and behavior changes after implementation of the law. Results. Approval of the law rose from 59.8% to 73.2% (odds ratio [OR] = 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.58, 2.40). Self-reported noncompliance decreased from 24.6% to 14.0% (OR = 0.50; 95% CI = 0.30, 0.85). Likelihood of visiting a bar or of not changing bar …

  • Estimates of population smoking prevalence

    E A Gilpin, John P Pierce et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 5References: 12

    OBJECTIVES. In the face of rising costs of surveillance systems, it is time to reexamine the feasibility of including proxy respondents in surveys designed to provide population estimates of smoking prevalence. METHODS. Data are from the California. Tobacco Surveys, which are random-digit dialed telephone surveys. One adult provided demographic information and smoking status for all household residents. Additionally, some adults were selected for…

  • Panel discussion

    Saul Shiffman, Dileep G Bal et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1993

    For those of you who don't know, in California we had a 25 cent increase in the price of a packet of cigarettes with Proposition 99 in November 1988. Twenty percent of these revenues were earmarked for Health Edu cation, Prevention & Cessation efforts. How ever, we were unable to get expenditure authority from the legislature for nearly a year

  • Stages of smoking cessation

    Ray M Kaplan, John P Pierce et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1993

  • Report of the Tobacco Policy Research Study Group on Smoke-Free Indoor Air Policies

    David Burns, David M Burns et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1992

    The rationale for policies that restrict the locations where smoking is permitted reflects three major issues :Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is annoying and irritating to most non-smokers ETS can cause acute and chronic illness in non-smokers Restricting the locations where smoking is allowed may increase the number of smokers who attempt to stop smoking ; may reduce the frequency of relapse by those who attempt to stop ; and may reduce the n…

  • First-year impact of the 1989 California cigarette tax increase on cigarette consumption

    Robert L Flewelling, E Kenney et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1992Cited by: 6References: 1

    We employed a time series design to evaluate the impact of the 1989 California cigarette tax increase on cigarette consumption in California. Adult per capita consumption data from 1980 to 1990 were analyzed for California and the United States. Trend data indicated a sharp drop in California cigarette consumption coincident with the tax increase. Time-series regression analyses support this observation, and suggest that a 5% to 7% decline in con…