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The State-of-the-Science panel assessed the evidence on the following conference questions:

• What are the effective population- and community-based interventions to prevent tobacco use in adolescents and young adults, including among diverse populations?
• What are the effective strategies for increasing consumer demand for and use of proven, individually oriented cessation treatments, including among diverse populations?
• What are the effective strategies for increasing the implementation of proven, population-level, tobacco-use cessation strategies, particularly by health care systems and communities?
• What is the effect of smokeless tobacco product marketing and use on population harm from tobacco use?
• What is the effectiveness of prevention and of cessation interventions in populations with co-occurring morbidities and risk behaviors?
• What research is needed to make the most progress and greatest public health gains nationally and internationally?
  

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