Tobacco Control

Examining the influence of descriptors used to market unflavoured cigarillos: an experiment with a sample of youth and young adults from the USA

Significance The tobacco industry uses different descriptors to market unflavoured cigarillos, which represent around half of ...
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Smokers living in deprived areas are less likely to quit: a longitudinal follow-up

Objective: To follow up smokers to examine whether the likelihood of quitting smoking varied by area deprivation, and whether smoking history, health status, personality characteristics, social ...
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Globalisation of tobacco industry influence and new global responses

Douglas Bettcher, Tobacco Free Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; bettcherd{at}who.ch The globalisation of tobacco marketing, trade, research, and industry influence ...
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Effects of cigarette tax on cigarette consumption and the Chinese economy

Objectives: To analyse a policy dilemma in China on public health versus the tobacco economy through additional cigarette tax. Methods: Using published statistics from 1980 through 1997 to estimate ...
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Tobacco industry’s political contributions in conflict with WHO FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines: an analysis of publicly available documents from India

Background Tobacco industry tactics that have proven effective in the past, such as using corporate social responsibility ...
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How do different cigarette design features influence the standard tar yields of popular cigarette brands sold in different countries?

Department of Health Behavior, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Dr R J O’Connor, Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, ...
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Identifying counterfeit cigarette packs using ultraviolet irradiation and light microscopy

1 Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice, Newark, New Jersey, USA Objectives Develop a method that yields high rates of sensitivity and specificity for determination of counterfeit cigarette ...
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Co-optation of harm reduction by Big Tobacco

Correspondence to Professor Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; ...
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Reducing the exceptional affordability of hand-rolling tobacco using tax escalators: a health and economic impact modelling study for England

Background Hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) remains more affordable than factory-made (FM) cigarettes in the UK, which could ...
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Thirdhand cigarette smoke in an experimental chamber: evidence of surface deposition of nicotine, nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and de novo formation of NNK

3 Department of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Department of Environmental Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley, California, ...
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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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Plain tobacco packaging: progress, challenges, learning and opportunities

The aim of this paper is to overview progress made with respect to the adoption of plain (or standardised) packaging, key challenges faced, evaluative evidence and opportunities for extending this ...