Japan Tobacco corporate social responsibility activities misleadingly claim to advance Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by United Nations Member States in 2015, is a collective plan of action to achieve the agreed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via 169 targets. SDG 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for the entire population of all age groups.1 One of the measures to achieve this goal is strengthening the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in all countries (Target 3.a). Implementing the WHO FCTC and other best tobacco control measures is essential to meet Target 3.4: a one-third reduction in premature mortality from non...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hirano, T. Tags: Open access Ad watch Source Type: research
New recreational nicotine lozenges, tablets, gummies and gum proliferate on the US market
In recent years, several major tobacco companies have rapidly expanded their offerings in what they frequently term ‘modern oral’ products or oral tobacco products marketed for recreational use beyond traditional forms like chewing tobacco or snus.1 2 While the rising popularity of nicotine pouches (tobacco-free oral nicotine products similar to snus) has already been noted in the literature,3 4 the availability and trends in consumption of other newer oral products are yet to be documented.5 These emerging product types, including recreational nicotine lozenges, tablets, gummies and gum, are now available from...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Borowiecki, M., Emery, S. L., Kostygina, G. Tags: Open access Industry watch Source Type: research
Themes in e-liquid concept names as a marketing tactic: evidence from Premarket Tobacco Product Applications in the USA
Concept naming of flavours is popular among e-liquid manufacturers.1–3 Rather than explicitly stating a taste or smell, these names convey aesthetics or sensations (eg, unicorn, frostbite, roadhouse), as well as positive health and lifestyle experiences (eg, relaxed, blissful).4 Concept names are frequently accompanied by colourful packaging and bottle designs that reinforce their connotations.1 2 While concept naming is not novel, its impact on youth appeal, as distinct from the flavours themselves, is understudied.5 Concept naming warrants additional attention following US regulatory developments limiting character...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Laestadius, L., Vassey, J., Kim, M., Ozga, J., Li, D., Stanton, C., Wipfli, H., Unger, J. B. Tags: Open access Industry watch Source Type: research
Calculating the potential environmental impact of a menthol cigarette ban in the USA
Among the many harms of tobacco products are those that were the focus of the 2022 WHO World No Tobacco Day: the widespread environmental impacts of tobacco.1 2 These environmental impacts are also recognised in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which obligates Parties to address environmental concerns in Article 17 (Provide support for economically viable alternative activities) and Article 18 (Protect the environment and health of persons).3 Cigarette butts are some of the most littered items on earth,4 totalling 4.5 trillion littered cigarettes per year globally.5 A large-scale observational study of litt...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Craig, L. V., Chung-Hall, J., Meng, G., Fong, G. T. Tags: Open access Letter Source Type: research
Online e-cigarette promotion in Indonesia
Conclusions
The tobacco industry has successfully taken advantage of the e-cigarette promotion regulatory void. The Indonesian government needs to ban the promotion of these products, including those on online platforms. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bigwanto, M., Ramadhan, F. A., Wijayanto, X. A. Tags: Brief report Source Type: research
'Tobacco-free claims in tobacco product marketing in the United States
Tobacco control research, policy and advocacy are replete with ‘tobacco-free’ terminology. For instance, there are tobacco-free initiatives targeting removal of tobacco use, imagery and branding from major entertainment media.1 2 There are also policies promoting tobacco-free college campuses,3 parks,4 pharmacies5 and workplaces6 which help protect the environment from tobacco product litter, reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and denormalise tobacco use. The goals of these and other efforts are to create a tobacco-free generation7 and even a tobacco-free world.8 In recent years, tobacco manufacturers have beg...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Seidenberg, A., Kaufman, A. Tags: Special communication Source Type: research
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 sales on 11 sites that are popular with youth in May 2021: Discord, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube. Nine of the 11 sites prohibited paid advertising for tobacco products. However, only three of them clearly prohibited sponsored content (ie, social influencers) that promotes tobacco. Six platforms restricted content that sells tobacco products and three tried to prohibi...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kong, G., Laestadius, L., Vassey, J., Majmundar, A., Stroup, A. M., Meissner, H. I., Ben Taleb, Z., Cruz, T. B., Emery, S. L., Romer, D. Tags: Open access Special communication Source Type: research
Protecting minors from tobacco products: public interest litigation enables enforcement in China
To reduce access to and uptake of tobacco products among minors, national laws, such as the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors (LPM) and the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Tobacco Monopoly (LTM), stipulate that retail stores cannot sell tobacco products near primary or secondary schools, where local governments specify the exact distance between tobacco retailers and schools. Although such a location-based sales restriction could reduce youth exposure to tobacco,1 there remains a gap in the enforcement of this law in China. In this Advocacy in Action letter, we describe ...
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Cui, Y., Peng, S., Czaplicki, L., Yang, T. Tags: Advocacy in action Source Type: research
Critical appraisal of interventional clinical trials assessing heated tobacco products: a systematic review
Conclusions
The conduct and reporting of HTP interventional clinical trials were poor in many respects and limited to investigating effects of short-term exposure. These trials fall short of what is needed to determine whether HTPs are beneficial to public health, meaning they may not be a sound basis for tobacco control policy decisions. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Braznell, S., Van Den Akker, A., Metcalfe, C., Taylor, G. M. J., Hartmann-Boyce, J. Tags: Open access Systematic review Source Type: research
Risk and safety profile of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS): an umbrella review to inform ENDS health communication strategies
Conclusions
As evidence is accumulating, ENDS communication can focus on high-level evidence on ENDS association with toxicity, nicotine addiction, respiratory disease, ENDS-specific harm (explosion, poisoning) and anti-ENDS industry sentiment. Direct comparison between the harm of CCs and ENDS should be avoided.
PROSPERO registration number
CRD42021241630. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Asfar, T., Jebai, R., Li, W., Oluwole, O. J., Ferdous, T., Gautam, P., Schmidt, M., Noar, S. M., Lindblom, E. N., Eissenberg, T., Bursac, Z., Vallone, D., Maziak, W. Tags: Editor's choice Systematic review Source Type: research
Changes in e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation in the USA: evidence from a prospective PATH study, 2013-2018
Conclusion
The findings suggest a complex relationship between changes in e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Wang, Y., Sung, H.-Y., Max, W. B. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Tobacco imagery in popular films in China from 2001 to 2020: a declining trend
Conclusion
Tobacco imagery remains in films in China. The relevant authorities and film producers should ban films with tobacco imagery in China; for example, they should ban films with tobacco imagery from participating in awards, add warnings to films with tobacco imagery and give films containing tobacco imagery a default ‘R’ classification. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Li, X., Niu, L., Kuang, Y., Mei, J., Li, R., Li, T., Ding, J., Xiao, S. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Standard smokeless tobacco packaging: potential impact on perceived attractiveness, warning label visibility and harm perceptions among adults in Bangladesh
Conclusion
The findings suggest a standard shape and size for SLT sold in Bangladesh, coupled with proper implementation of HWLs per the law, could improve HWL noticeability and increase harm perceptions. Additional plain packaging policies that also standardise pack colour may be required to reduce attractive colours and branding. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Czaplicki, L., Saraf, S., Kroart, L., Rasheduzzaman, A. B. M., Islam, M. S., Cohen, J. E. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
How do New Zealand youth perceive the smoke-free generation policy? A qualitative analysis
Conclusions
Young people’s deep reflection on the SFG led most to view it as liberating rather than restrictive. Communications that avoid prompting heuristic-based responses could encourage youth to reflect on the policy and elicit strong support from the group the SFG aims to benefit. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hoek, J., Lee, E., Teddy, L., Fenton, E., Ball, J., Edwards, R. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Magnitude of illicit cigarette trade in Malaysia: empirical evidence compared with industry studies
Conclusions
Therefore, a reduction in cigarette excise taxes, as suggested by the industry, will not solve the problem of illicit cigarette trade in Malaysia. Instead, the government should ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products and implement the strategies outlined in the protocol. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - April 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bui, W. K. T., Ross, H., Mohamed Nor, N. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
