Assessing the profile of support for potential tobacco control policies targeting availability in Great Britain: a cross-sectional population survey
Conclusions
Requiring tobacco retailer licensing and restrictions on sales near schools received majority support. Other tobacco availability policies received substantial support despite considerable opposition. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kock, L., Shahab, L., Moore, G., Shortt, N. K., Pearce, J., Brown, J. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
What impact would tobacco retailer proximity limit have on tobacco availability in New Zealand?
Conclusions
A proximity limit of 450 m would reduce retailers by 58%, but would not reach proposed critical behaviour-change threshold of 90%–95% required to reduce smoking prevalence independently. There is a need for a combination of policies, which focus on promoting equity, to achieve this bold endgame goal. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Marsh, L., Doscher, C., Iosua, E., Quigg, R., Tomintz, M. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Cigarette excise tax structure and cigarette prices in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
Conclusions
Regional tax directives that require the adoption of uniform specific excise taxes, or high minimum specific floors, could be an efficient way to get multiple African countries to adopt a tax structure that reduces substitution possibilities in response to excise tax increases. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Filby, S., Van Walbeek, C., Pan, L. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Authority in tobacco control in Pacific Small Island Developing States: a qualitative study of multisectoral tobacco governance in Fiji and Vanuatu
Conclusions
Our results highlight the need for terms of engagement with the tobacco industry to enable governments to implement multisectoral tobacco control measures. Expanding assistance on tobacco control among government and civil society actors and increasing messaging about the impact of economic, trade and agricultural practices on health are essential to help SIDS implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Patay, D., Schram, A., Collin, J., Sell, S., Friel, S. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Levels of nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamines in oral nicotine pouches
Conclusion
Although nicotine pouches may potentially be a reduced risk alternative for cigarette smokers or users of some other oral tobacco products, nicotine contents of some pouches were alarmingly high. Presence of carcinogenic TSNAs in the nicotine pouches is of serious concern. Better manufacturing processes and quality control standards should be implemented. Labels of nicotine strength on most products are misleading. A strict regulation regarding nicotine contents and its labelling would be advisable. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mallock, N., Schulz, T., Malke, S., Dreiack, N., Laux, P., Luch, A. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
National longitudinal tobacco product cessation rates among US adults from the PATH Study: 2013-2019 (waves 1-5)
Conclusions
Findings show that tobacco product cessation rates have been changing in recent years in the USA alongside the changing tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment, though rates of discontinuing cigarette smoking remain relatively low. Findings can serve as a benchmark against which future cessation rates can be compared to evaluate the impacts of future tobacco regulatory policies. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kasza, K. A., Tang, Z., Xiao, H., Marshall, D., Stanton, C. A., Gross, A. L., Jackson, K. M., Kelley, D., Schroeder, M. J., Vivar, J. C., Hyland, A. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Expanding local sales restrictions on flavoured tobacco products to include menthol: retail sales changes in two Minnesota cities
Conclusion
Expanding flavour policies to include menthol/mint/wintergreen was associated with significant decreases in unit sales of most menthol products and in total unit sales by tobacco product category. Increases in menthol and flavoured ENDS sales in these cities may be associated with legal sales by exempted retailers and/or illicit sales by non-compliant retailers, highlighting opportunities for retailer education and enforcement. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Olson, L. T., Gammon, D. G., Rogers, T., Brown, E. M., Nonnemaker, J. M., Spinks, J. G., Ross, A., Xu, X., Moze, J., Matter, C. M., DSilva, J. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
The smoking population is not hardening in South Korea: a study using the Korea Community Health Survey from 2010 to 2018
Conclusion
Hardening of smoking did not occur in South Korea when smoking prevalence declined, which suggests tobacco control policies in South Korea have been effective in reducing smoking prevalence without increasing the proportion of hardcore smokers. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jung, B., Lee, J. A., Kim, Y.-J., Cho, H.-J. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Tobacco minimum packaging policy to reduce cigarillo use among young people: results of an experimental study
Conclusions
Young adult cigarillo smokers prefer smaller packs in conditions where pricing incentivises smaller packs. Minimum pack size policies may reduce the appeal of cigarillos among young adults, especially less frequent cigarillo smokers. Pack size policy should take into consideration price, and ideally these two factors should be addressed together. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mays, D., Johnson, A. C., Jeong, M., Ganz, O., Audrain-McGovern, J., Strasser, A. A., Delnevo, C. D. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Nicotine pouch marketing strategies in the USA: an analysis of Zyn, On! and Velo
Conclusions
Regulatory efforts must be informed by surveillance of nicotine pouch marketing and impacts on consumer subgroups (eg, young people). (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Duan, Z., Henriksen, L., Vallone, D., Rath, J. M., Evans, W. D., Romm, K. F., Wysota, C., Berg, C. J. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Trends in unit sales of cooling flavoured e-cigarettes, USA, 2017-2021
Conclusion
The percentage of cooling flavoured e-cigarette sales from total sales doubled during 2017–2021, and sales of non-menthol cooling disposable e-cigarettes experienced the highest percentage increase. Cooling flavoured e-cigarettes are important to consider when developing strategies to address flavoured e-cigarette use among youth. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ali, F. R. M., Seaman, E. L., Diaz, M. C., Ajose, J., King, B. A. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
Worldwide news and comment
GLOBAL Results of the global tobacco industryinterference index 2023 The tobacco industry (TI), that peddles harmful and addictive products globally, has intensified its interference to sabotage and undermine public health policy. Many governments succumbed to its influence mainly because they failed to act cohesively when dealing with the industry and its tactics. No country has been spared from the interference and there is a worsening trend as more countries deteriorated in their efforts in 2023 compared with countries that improved. This is the main finding of the Global Tobacco IndustryInterference Index 2023, the fo...
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Evans-Reeves, K., Canty, R. Tags: TC News analysis, Open access Source Type: research
Progress, setbacks and changing perception of the possible: reflections on Aotearoa/New Zealands changed political landscape and tobacco policy plans
In November 2023, the global public health community was shocked to learn the incoming Aotearoa/New Zealand government intends to repeal the country’s world-leading Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Act (SERPA).1 Twenty years after the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) propelled widespread adoption and acceleration of effective tobacco control measures,2 3 and approaching 60 years since the landmark US Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, Aotearoa/New Zealand stood at the vanguard of a new era of policy innovation towards the tobacco endgame. The...
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hefler, M. Tags: Open access Editorial Source Type: research
Correction: Did JUUL alter the content of menthol pods in response to US FDA flavour enforcement policy?
This study highlights how regulations intended to reduce e-cigarette prevalence among youth may influence changes in tobacco product characteristics in ways that regulations may not have foreseen. Revised: This study shows that concentrations of nicotine and menthol in JUUL products procured over a 3 year period decreased over time. The findings highlight the challenges of reconstructing product characteristics at the time of manufacture... (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Open access Correction Source Type: research
Emergence and growth of 'natural cigars in the USA
Evidence of the impact of misleading descriptors on cigarette packaging and advertising on consumer perceptions and use intentions is well documented.1–4 Prominent examples include use of descriptors such as ‘natural’, ‘organic,’ and ‘additive-free’ by the brand Natural American Spirit (NAS), which have been found to mislead consumers to believe that NAS cigarettes are less harmful than other cigarette brands.2 5 This strategy has been successful for NAS, which saw a 97% increase in market share in the USA from 2014 to 2019,6 despite overall declines in cigarette smoking over this ...
Source: Tobacco Control - December 13, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ganz, O., Wackowski, O. A., Strasser, A. A., Jeong, M., Villanti, A. C., Miller Lo, E., Talbot, E. M., Delnevo, C. D. Tags: Industry watch Source Type: research
