Tobacco Control

Self-reported exposure and reactions to cigarette corrective statements at the point-of-sale among US adults who smoke and youth

Introduction Following a historic 2006 US Federal Court ruling, major cigarette manufacturers were mandated to display ...
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Coupons, rewards programmes and sweepstakes offered by leading US combustible tobacco brands

Background Some tobacco companies have announced support for transitioning people who smoke to non-combustible tobacco ...
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Disposable nicotine vaping products now offer adjustable levels of flavour and coolness

We identified three new disposable ENDS brands available in the US positioned as providing consumer flexibility in flavour ...
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South Korea’s use of cigarette packs to promote public policy violates FCTC Article 5.3

South Korea (hereafter Korea), as a party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(FCTC), must protect public health ...
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Examining the impact of England’s menthol cigarette ban on postban smoking cessation: longitudinal findings from the England arm of the 2020–2022 ITC Four Country Smoking ...

Background In May 2020, England banned menthol as a characterising flavour in cigarettes. However, the sale of menthol accessories (eg, filters, flavour cards) remains permitted. This study assessed ...
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Nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamine exposure among youth in England who smoke cigarettes and/or vape

Significance Compared with adults who smoke cigarettes, adults who vape nicotine are exposed to similar levels of nicotine and significantly lower levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs).
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Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media

Tobacco promotion is prolific on social media, with each platform setting their own restrictions on tobacco promotion and sales. We evaluated the policies related to tobacco product promotion and ...
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Pictorial health warnings and wear-out effects: evidence from a web experiment in 10 European countries

Correspondence to Dr Béatrice d’Hombres, Modelling, Indicators & Impact Evaluation Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra 21027, Italy.; beatrice.dhombres{at}ec.europa.eu Methods This ...
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Nicotine delivery and cigarette equivalents from vaping a JUULpod

Correspondence to Dr Judith J Prochaska, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; JPro{at}stanford.edu With patented nicotine salt ...
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Second hand smoke and risk assessment: what was in it for the tobacco industry?

OBJECTIVE To describe how the tobacco industry attempted to trivialise the health risks of second hand smoke (SHS) by both questioning the science of risk assessment of low dose exposure to other ...
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The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia: an analysis of the International Tobacco Control Policy ...

Objective We examined the relationship in Australia from 2007 to 2020 between tobacco tax increases and use of cost-minimising behaviours (CMBs) when purchasing tobacco and: (1) tobacco expenditure ...
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Is blue the new green? Repackaging menthol cigarettes in response to a flavour ban in Ontario, Canada

Background As of 1 January 2017, the Canadian province of Ontario banned the distribution and sale of menthol tobacco products. There is limited knowledge about how tobacco companies will adapt their ...