Tobacco Control
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Tobacco Control is an international peer review journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide.
July Editorial: Celebrating 20 years of the Tobacco Control Scale: Evolving to benchmark and advance policy implementation in a changing context. https://bit.ly/4pVFuRO
Celebrating 20 years of the Tobacco Control Scale: Evolving to benchmark and advance policy implementation in a changing context
This year marks 20 years since the introduction of the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS; www.tobaccocontrolscale.org), a standardised benchmarking instrument to quantify and compare the implementation of to...
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Latest News: This study analysed 549 X posts after FDA authorisation of Zyn nicotine pouches to characterise themes, sentiment &engagement. X discourse was dominated by news sharing & harm-reduction framing alongside regulatory distrust &concerns about addiction &youth uptake. https://bit.ly/4x4GK7h
Giving them away while they can: In Scotland and across the UK, the Tobacco and Vaping Act will ban free samples in October 2026. For the many governments yet to regulate nicotine pouches, companies will likely take advantage of this regulatory gap to encourage product trial. https://bit.ly/45n7Cnh
Latest News: The present study showed that Wilkinson Sword ((WS)-3) cigarettes may offer similar sensory effects as menthol cigarettes, providing further evidence to support regulatory agencies’ consideration of synthetic cooling additives in flavour regulations. https://bit.ly/4h4ieyJ
Latest News: Nearly all people who use ONPs had a history of other tobacco use, and co-use with other products was common, particularly concurrent use with e-cigarettes among young adults. https://bit.ly/4pMHDzi
Latest News: In late 2024, PMI launched a new IQOS campaign theme centred on the theme of ‘Curiosity’ marking a fundamental shift in the brand’s advertising strategy. https://bit.ly/4x5sICx
Latest News: A policy reducing nicotine in cigarettes would nearly eliminate smoking among people with and without major depression while saving 1.6million lives by 2100 in the US. https://bit.ly/4vRUBwO
Latest News: Rolling with a rap icon: an exploration of the Backwoods × TICAL collaboration. https://bit.ly/44MJQB7
Latest News: By facilitating more accurate measurement of cigar taxation, the database presented here enables critical policy evaluations and tobacco control research. https://bit.ly/4fmRdnI
Latest News: Hookah tobacco smoking among US youth and young adults: regulatory gaps and equity implications for African American communities. https://bit.ly/4f5jH4U
Latest News: Cigarette butt recycling in South Korea: environmental policy failure and the limits of extended producer responsibility. https://bit.ly/4aT9iIu
Latest News: Discreet, versatile and ambiguous: young people’s perceptions and use of oral nicotine pouches in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://bit.ly/4aSrbqZ
Latest News: In the Netherlands, despite high policy scores in some municipalities, smoking prevalence remained high, suggesting barriers to effective implementation, including socioeconomic factors, governance and financial planning. https://bit.ly/3TeogCL
Latest News: Legitimacy of stakeholder voices in tobacco control in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://bit.ly/4wHhUKO
Latest News: mong US adolescents reporting lifetime use of nicotine pouches in 2025, use of non-tobacco flavoured pouch products was nearly universal and ZYN was the predominant brand used. https://bit.ly/3RdwYjZ
Latest News: Although lower e-cigarette nicotine concentrations may reduce the potential for nicotine dependence, concentrations ≥1.8% may facilitate complete transition from cigarette smoking for some individuals. https://bit.ly/4wyTi6S
Latest News: This study shows a significant decline in smoking depictions in a globally popular manga, particularly after Japan’s revised Health Promotion Act in 2020. https://bit.ly/4h9WjWC
Latest News: Dual use of tobacco and khat in eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative study. https://bit.ly/4gDhvUP
Latest News: Issues in estimating and interpreting tobacco attributable deaths by country in the South-East Asia Region: recommendations for research and policy. https://bit.ly/4yh8DdS
Latest News: Waterpipe smoking and health outcomes: review of evidence and road map for an international consortium. https://bit.ly/4vWPjkw
Latest News: Concept descriptors and flavouring additives are commonly listed on Chinese tobaccoflavoured e-cigarette packs, sustaining product appeal and undermining the flavour ban. https://bit.ly/4hd259X
Latest News: California’s prohibition of flavoured tobacco sales and the tobacco industry’s attempts to evade it. https://bit.ly/4bI326C
Latest News: Short-term responses elicited by PAHWs featuring corrective information about the tobacco industry’s manipulation of tobacco products predicted subsequent engagement in smoke-limiting microbehaviours, quit attempts and sustained quit attempts. https://bit.ly/4fAud5C
Latest News: PMI’s 2025 results for cigarette shipments debunk ‘smoke-free world’ rhetoric. https://bit.ly/4hbKLCj
Latest News: Monitoring policy compliance and marketing practices on Geek Bar’s official Instagram account: content analysis. https://bit.ly/4f2QvNu
Latest News: In India, Strengthening bidi taxation and removing exemptions would substantially reduce smoking, improve health and generate significant long-term economic and fiscal gains. https://bit.ly/3T05BdU
Latest News: In California, chemical, receptor and sensory analyses of preban and postban ZYN ONPs showed both contained the synthetic coolant WS-3, producing flavour-like cooling sensations even without menthol or other flavour compounds. https://bit.ly/4ff86R1
Latest News: Competing pharmacy-based policies about tobacco sales could impact tobacco retailer availability in the US and have different implications for neighbourhood disparities in tobacco retailer availability. https://bit.ly/4eyFT7y
Latest News: Early results indicate that Australia’s strengthened vaping reforms correspond with reductions in e-cigarette prevalence in South Australia, driven mainly by declines among youth who have never used tobacco. https://bit.ly/4fQ6AH1
