Progress in reducing per capita cigarette sales in Wisconsin, 1985-1999.

Over the past several decades, initiatives have been undertaken both on a national and state level to reduce cigarette smoking and its resultant health consequences. We compared trends in per capita cigarette sales in Wisconsin versus other states from 1985-1999. During this time period, per capita cigarette sales declined 21% in Wisconsin, versus 26% in the United States.

Cigarette smoking in Wisconsin: the influence of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomics.

A disparate burden of cigarette use has been demonstrated among demographic subgroups both in the United States and Wisconsin. We examined patterns of adult current smoking prevalence in Wisconsin by race, Hispanic ethnicity, household income, and education to assess whether differences exist among these subgroups. This analysis revealed a strong graded relationship between household income, education, and smoking prevalence, consistent among non-Hispanic whites and blacks, though not Hispanics.

Trends in self-reported cigarette smoking, Wisconsin, 1984-1999.

The purpose of this study is to assess trends in self-reported cigarette smoking among adults in Wisconsin. Behavioral Risk Factor Survey data from 1984-1999 were analyzed to determine changes in smoking prevalence. Results of this analysis show almost no change in overall adult smoking prevalence over the past 15 years.

Suppression and enhancement of emotional responses to unpleasant pictures.

Despite the prominence of emotional dysfunction in psychopathology, relatively few experiments have explicitly studied emotion regulation in adults. The present study examined one type of emotion regulation: voluntary regulation of short-term emotional responses to unpleasant visual stimuli. In a sample of 48 college students, both eyeblink startle magnitude and corrugator activity were sensitive to experimental manipulation.