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Why Evaluate Smokefree Policies? Why A Toolkit? Introductory Remarks

Why Evaluate Smokefree Policies? Why A Toolkit? Introductory Remarks. Andrew Hyland, PhD Roswell Park Cancer Institute March 25, 2008. What Policymakers and Program Officials Want to Know (usually)…. They ask… ”Thing 1, prove to me you are right because Thing 2 says you’re data are light

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Why Evaluate Smokefree Policies? Why A Toolkit? Introductory Remarks

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  1. Why Evaluate Smokefree Policies? Why A Toolkit?Introductory Remarks Andrew Hyland, PhD Roswell Park Cancer Institute March 25, 2008

  2. What Policymakers and Program Officials Want to Know (usually)… They ask… ”Thing 1, prove to me you are right because Thing 2 says you’re data are light and you want to fight, fight, fight” Answers to simple questions, said the (Fat) Cat in the Hat, Is what we need Will it work? I ask, will it work, indeed, My constituents have mouths to feed.

  3. Thing 1 said to the (Fat) Cat in the Hat Why I know just what to do To answer your questions and maybe something new These are the questions on which we will enlighten you Will it work, will it work, will it work, where I work? Will it work in the pubs? Is it working without a smirk? Is it working at Smoky Bub’s? Did it work, oh did it work, did we need a compliance clerk? Did quitters flock to our treatment hubs? Can we do better? Do problems still lurk? Is this smokefree stuff still hot enough to get YOU in the re-election club?

  4. Why Evaluate Smokefree? • If you’re already smoke-free, local data is needed to… • Reinforce positive health effects • Show high compliance rates • Demonstrate strong public support • Show long-term neutral or positive business indicators • Respond to attacks on the policy • If you want to tackle the CIA issue, data are needed to… • Demonstrate strong public support • Show rates of SHS exposure “too high” • Compare rates of illness to places that are smoke-free

  5. Why A Toolkit? • Same ol’, same ol’ is what has proven effective • Simply need to replicate studies others have fine tuned • Local partners are typically not researchers, so evaluation research is often not their forte • No need to reinvent the wheel

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