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Priti Bandi

Publications and source records attributed to Priti Bandi.

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PubMed2006

Progress in reducing cigarette consumption: the Wisconsin tobacco control program, 2001-2003.

OBJECTIVES: In 2000, the Wisconsin Legislature allocated $20.8 million annually to establish a comprehensive tobacco control program. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Wisconsin's tobacco control program on reducing cigarette consumption during its first 2 years of operation. METHODS: Per capita cigarette sales were used to estimate cigarette consumption. Trends in cigarette consumption in Wisconsin between 2001 and 2003 were compared with trends in the United States as a whole, with groups of states, and with Wisconsin's peer state group. RESULTS: Cigarette consumption in Wisconsin declined 9.2% from 2001 to 2003. In the same time period cigarette consumption in the United States declined only 3.8%. Wisconsin also demonstrated a greater percent decline in its cigarette consumption rate than did 3 of the 4 state groups. Finally, compared to its peer state group Wisconsin performed better between 2001 and 2003, with a decline of 9.2% compared to only a 4.2% reduction in its peer state group. SUMMARY: Wisconsin has shown progress in reducing cigarette consumption during the first 2 years of its tobacco control program. Greater declines in Wisconsin compared to the United States, most state groups and its own peer state group suggest early effectiveness of Wisconsin's tobacco control program. Wisconsin will require continued implementation of evidence-based policy initiatives and aggressive tobacco control activities in order to maintain its progress toward decreasing the public health burden of tobacco.

Health Promotion↗

PubMed2006

Trends in childhood cancer incidence in Wisconsin, 1980-1999.

OBJECTIVES: Characterizing the burden of childhood cancer in Wisconsin is the first step to assessing the impact of prevention efforts, identifying especially vulnerable subgroups, and directing etiologic research. To support these goals, population-level data were used to examine trends in childhood cancer incidence among children aged 0-14 years in Wisconsin from 1980 to 1999. METHODS: Data for Wisconsin was provided by the Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System and compared to national data. Annual age-adjusted childhood cancer incidence rates for the entire population and subgroups by age, sex, race, time period, diagnostic code, and geographic region were described. Correlational analysis was conducted to assess the relation between community socioeconomic status and childhood cancer incidence using census data. RESULTS: Overall, Wisconsin's annual incidence rate for childhood cancers was 14.4 cases per 100,000 children aged 0-14 years during 1980-1999. This rate increased 10.9% (95% confidence interval 1-22%) between 1980 and 1999. Children in the 0-4 age group (20.9 per 100,000 per year) had the highest incidence rates as compared to 5-9 year olds (10.4 per 100,000 per year) and 10-14 year olds (12.0 per 100,000 per year). In males, the age-adjusted incidence of childhood cancers between 1980 and 1999 was 15.5 cases per 100,000 per year, whereas females had an incidence rate of 13.1 per 100,000 per year. Rates for whites were similar to the rates for all other racial groups combined. Leukemia had the highest age-adjusted incidence rate among childhood cancer diagnostic subtypes (4.3 cases per 100,000 per year); leukemia incidence increased by 32% between 1980 and 1999. Among the 13 hospital referral regions in Wisconsin with reported cancer cases, the Dubuque region had the highest annual age-adjusted incidence rate of 24.6 cases per 100,000, followed by Madison with 15.6 per 100,000, and Milwaukee with 15.5 per 100,000. In general, higher socioeconomic status as reflected by census indicators was positively correlated with higher rates of childhood cancer. SUMMARY: Wisconsin experienced childhood cancer incidence rates and trends similar to those throughout the United States between 1980 and 1999. Analysis of Wisconsin data, which is subject to small numbers in absolute terms (3,138 cases during 1980-1999), suggests that not all children have similar risk--infants and younger children (<5 years of age) as well as children living in areas with higher socioeconomic status may be especially vulnerable.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2005

Who smokes? A demographic analysis of Wisconsin smokers.

CONTEXT: Despite the general decline in prevalence of smoking and actual consumption of cigarettes, there is a heightened concern that this decline has not been uniform throughout the population and that specific subpopulations are adversely affected by tobacco use. OBJECTIVE: To estimate smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption among Wisconsin subpopulations by demographic identifiers, gender, race, age, educational attainment, and income. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: We estimated tobacco use among primary sub-populations in Wisconsin in 2003 from the Wisconsin Tobacco Survey. Approximately 8000 interviews were completed via a telephone survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption among sub-populations and related policy recommendations. RESULTS: Approximately 20% of the Wisconsin adult population smokes cigarettes. However, the prevalence of smoking is not the same among all population groups. There are also substantial group differences in how many cigarettes people smoke per day. The number of cigarettes smoked is closely tied to the risk of smoking-related illness. The greatest disparities are associated with income and education. People with incomes between 10,000-15,000 dollars per year are more than twice as likely to smoke

Adolescent↗

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Progress and opportunities in tobacco control.

Much progress has been made in reducing tobacco use in the United States. Despite the continuing challenges of tobacco control and the massive burden of illness, death, and economic costs caused by tobacco products, there are now unprecedented opportunities to prevent and treat tobacco dependence through a combination of interventions that have proven effective at both the population and individual levels. This report briefly reviews population trends in tobacco use by youth and adults, describes some of the policy measures that have proven effective in comprehensive tobacco control, and discusses the role of clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence in patients.

Adolescent↗