Tobacco Control

Use of nicotine pouches among adults who currently or formerly smoked cigarettes and/or vaped nicotine: findings from the 2022 and 2024 US ITC smoking and vapin…

Background Nicotine pouches (NPs) are one of the fastest growing tobacco product categories in the United States (US). We ...
Tobacco Control

Effect of tobacco sales bans on retail sales in Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, USA: a synthetic difference-in-differences analysis

Background On 1 January 2021, Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, became the first cities in the USA to ban tobacco product sales. We evaluated the effects of these policies on the sale of ...
Tobacco Control

Attributable mortality to secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in the 27 Brazilian federal units in 2019

Objectives To estimate the attributable mortality to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure among the population aged 35 years and older in Brazil and its 27 federal units in 2019. Study design ...
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Cigarette design and marketing features are associated with increased smoking susceptibility and perception of reduced harm among smokers in 27 EU countries

Correspondence to Dr Israel T Agaku, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 02115, USA; iagaku{at}post.harvard.edu ...
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Prevalence of heated tobacco product use in Japan: the 2020 JASTIS study

Background Japan is the leading market for heated tobacco products (HTPs). We assessed the latest prevalence of HTP use including novel products (Ploom S, glo sens, and Pulze). Methods Data were ...
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What are the elements of the tobacco endgame?

Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand Correspondence to George Thomson, University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6002, New Zealand; ...
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Smokers’ awareness of filter ventilation, and how they believe it affects them: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey

Background Filter ventilation creates sensations of ‘lightness’ or ‘smoothness’ and is also highly effective for controlling machine-tested yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide. Nearly all ...
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Early history of LGBT tobacco control: CLASH at 25

Correspondence to Naphtali Offen, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, P.O. Box 0612, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; naphtali.offen{at}ucsf.edu In the ...
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How has the prevalence of cigarette smoking changed among Australian adults? Trends in smoking prevalence between 1980 and 2001

1 Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Control Research Institute, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia 2 VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia ...
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E-cigarettes and equity: a systematic review of differences in awareness and use between sociodemographic groups

Correspondence to Greg Hartwell, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, NIHR School for Public Health Research, London WC1H 9SH, UK; ...
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Revisiting the association between worldwide implementation of the MPOWER package and smoking prevalence, 2008–2017

Background We revisited the association between progress in MPOWER implementation from 2008 to 2016 and smoking prevalence from 2009 to 2017 and offered an in-depth understanding of differential ...
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Modelling the implications of reducing smoking prevalence: the public health and economic benefits of achieving a ‘tobacco-free’ UK

Introduction Smoking is still the most preventable cause of cancer, and a leading cause of premature mortality and health inequalities in the UK. This study modelled the health and economic impacts of ...