Al-Delaimy, W. K.; Edland, S.; Zablocki, R. W. (2016). California Smokers Cohort (CSC) 2011. In California Smokers Cohort (CSC). UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J00V89RP

The 2011 California Smokers' Cohort (CSC) was ninth of a series of triennial surveys, called the California Tobacco Surveys (CTS) conducted since 1990. The previous CTS are a series of cross-sectional studies to collect information about tobacco use and behaviors among Californians. The 2011 survey design has been modified to survey only smokers, and moreover to perform longitudinal surveys to investigate factors associated with quitting behavior. It was sponsored by the State of California's Department of Public Health (CDPH, previous to 2007 it was known as the California Department of Health Services (DHS)) through a contract with the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), which subcontracted with Westat to conduct the data collection and support the sampling and weighting statistical tasks, and subcontracted with Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). The CSC has two parts in 2011. One part is a follow up survey of smokers identified by the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and re-interviewed using the CTS smokers' questionnaire. This is titled as the CHIS Longitudinal Smokers Survey (CLSS). The second part is a convenient sample of smokers whose telephone contacts were purchased from data brokers and who were contacted to participate in a baseline interview and a follow up interview 12 months later. Data collection for CLSS began on July 8, 2011 and was completed on December 8, 2011. The objective of this survey was to collect statewide data on tobacco-related behaviors, knowledge of and attitudes towards smoking, and monitoring the effect of State-initiated programs on individual target populations. These data are used by the California CDPH to plan and assess the effectiveness of smoking cessation strategies.

The currently posted data files are only for the PSRAI portion of CSC, i.e., the second part of the CSC 2011 survey, described above.

• 2011 to 2012

• 2016

• Al-Delaimy, W. K.
• Edland, S.
• Zablocki, R. W.

• Norman, G.
• Wivagg, J.

• California Department of Health Services
• California Department of Public Health
• University of California, San Diego

For more information on this collection, contact Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy at waldelaimy@ucsd.edu

Telephone interview and survey conducted approximately every three years; samples of the California telephone household population drawing from Random Digit Dial (RDD) samples by Westat, Incorporated.

These data are to be used only for the purpose of health statistical reporting and analysis. Participants in the surveys have been assured confidentiality; no effort should be made to determine the identity of any participant(s). Data used in published works or any form of public dissemination should acknowledge the California Tobacco Survey as the original source. The suggested citation, "Source: California Tobacco Survey, (year)", should appear at the bottom of all tables and figures. Published or publicly disseminated data must also include a disclaimer that credits any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached to the author and not to the California Tobacco Control Program or the University of California. Users who wish to publish a technical description of the data should make a reasonable effort to insure that the description is not inconsistent with that provided by the survey authors.

• California
• United States

• Attitudes
• California residents
• Media exposure
• Smoking
• Smoking cessation
• Tobacco

• English

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J00V89RP

Primary associated publication

• Al-Delaimy WK, Zablocki RW, Myers MG, Strong DR, Edland SD, Hofstetter CR, Linke S, Leas EC. Final Report of: The 2011 California Smokers Cohort: A Longitudinal Perspective. La Jolla, CA: University of California, San Diego; 2014. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CTCB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/ResearchandEvaluation/Reports/CaliforniaSmokersCohortReport2011.pdf

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2023-10-26