Tobacco Control

Industry pricing tactics and cigarette demand reduction: a comparison of the 2018 and 2023 tax increases in Singapore

Background Tobacco taxation is a proven strategy to reduce cigarette consumption, but its impact may be reduced by industry ...
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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 ...
Tobacco Control

Recent trends in sales of electronic nicotine devices and oral nicotine pouches by flavour

Background The landscape of tobacco and nicotine delivery products has rapidly evolved with the introduction of electronic ...
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Political ideology and tobacco control

aOntario Tobacco Research Unit, Centre for Health Promotion, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, bDepartment of Health Policy and Administration, ...
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Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes

Introduction US tobacco control policies to reduce cigarette use have been effective, but their impact has been relatively slow. This study considers a strategy of switching cigarette smokers to ...
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Unpacking resistance and support: a global systematic review of barriers and facilitators to tobacco standardised packaging

Objective To systematically review the instrumental and discursive barriers and facilitators that have influenced standardised packaging (SP) policies for tobacco, emphasising contextual, ...
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South Korea’s use of cigarette packs to promote public policy violates FCTC Article 5.3

2 Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Contributors EC and HK conceptualised the study. EC collected the data and drafted the first version of the manuscript.
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Closing the gaps in tobacco endgame evidence: a scoping review

5 Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand 6 Centre for Addiction Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand ...
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Impact of regulatory tightening of the Hungarian tobacco retail market on availability, access and cigarette smoking prevalence of adolescents

Introduction Policies that reduce tobacco retail density to decrease tobacco use among the youth are critical for the tobacco endgame. This paper reviews a Hungarian tobacco regulatory measure, which, ...
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Secondhand smoke exposure at home among one billion children in 21 countries: findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

1 Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Smoking and Health, Global Tobacco Control ...
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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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Cellulose acetate cigarette filter is hazardous to human health

The World No Tobacco Day 2022 theme emphasised tobacco’s adverse environmental effects, including through agriculture, manufacturing, distribution, use and the disposal of tobacco product waste. A ...