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Trends of oral nicotine pouch prices and sales by product characteristics in the USA, 2021–2024
Background Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) have rapidly gained popularity in recent years. While ONPs likely expose users to fewer toxicants than cigarettes, they contain nicotine and may initiate, ...
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Identifying substances suspected of facilitating inhalation or increasing nicotine uptake as part of the enforcement of the Tobacco Products Directive
The Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD) introduced rules prohibiting tobacco products and liquids for electronic cigarettes with nicotine which contain substances or additives that facilitate ...
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Estimating the prevalence of disability among adults in the USA who smoke cigarettes, 2019–2023
Background Cigarette smoking is associated with adverse health outcomes in people with and without disabilities. However, little is known about disability prevalence among people who smoke. The ...
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Behind the smoke: using authenticity to romanticise cigars
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Association of menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk
Introduction Menthol-flavoured cigarettes remain unregulated in the USA and in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) despite their known impacts on smoking uptake and reduced cessation. Yet, ...
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Examining cigarette, heated tobacco and e-cigarette market pricing and tax pass-through in Ukraine during the 2019–2022 tax reforms
Introduction This study offers a comprehensive examination of the pricing strategies/dynamics used by the tobacco/nicotine industry in response to tax increases using Ukraine as a case study during ...
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Evaluation of compliance with smoke-free regulations in a multi-ethnic city in Western China: a mixed-methods study
Background China has enacted subnational smoke-free legislations, which requires compliance evaluations to provide data for future implementation planning. This study comprehensively assessed ...
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Magnitude, structure and associated factors of illicit cigarette sales in Bangladesh: a pack analysis
Introduction Bangladesh’s cigarette smoking prevalence remained unchanged (around 14%) between 2009 and 2017. Through tax evasion and regulatory non-compliance, illicit trade might have contributed to ...
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s ‘endgame’ legislation: a critical analysis of the parliamentary repeal debate using an adapted policy dystopia model approach
Introduction In February 2024, Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly elected coalition Government repealed policies to reduce the addictiveness, availability and accessibility of smoked tobacco. The repeal ...
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An advocacy-research collaboration model to inform evidence-based tobacco control efforts
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Evolution of the global smoking epidemic over the past half century: strengthening the evidence base for policy action
Correspondence to Dr Alan D Lopez, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Dr. Lopez was affiliated with IHME and HMS when this work was undertaken; ...