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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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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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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Nearly 20 000 e-liquids and 250 unique flavour descriptions: an overview of the Dutch market based on information from manufacturers

Correspondence to Dr Anne Havermans, Centre for Health Protection, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven 3720 BA, The Netherlands; anne.havermans{at}rivm.nl Objectives ...
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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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Smoke-free spaces: a decade of progress, a need for more?

Adoption of smoke-free measures has been one of the central elements of tobacco control activity over the past 30 years. The past decade has seen an increasing number of countries and proportion of ...
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Perspectives of licensed tobacco retailers on tobacco sales bans in Manhattan Beach and Beverly Hills, California

The California Department of Public Health operates a comprehensive tobacco control programme that supports local communities’ efforts to pass policies limiting access to tobacco products.1 While ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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 ...