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"We strongly recommend that public health messages focused on how to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 also include country specific, evidence-based smoking cessation advice" #Covid19 via @bmj_latest

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🎉 In 2022 #TobaccoControl celebrates 30 years of advancing tobacco control policy. Read our 30th Anniversary special issue covering how far the field has come and what remains to be done ➡️ #TobaccoControl30Years

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Editorial: New #TobaccoControl policy of people-first language to replace ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’ ‘tobacco user’ and other behaviour-based labels. "Humanity should always come before the interests of the commercial tobacco industry". @m_hef @SarDurks @MaloneRuth

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Tobacco control should be a major component of any and all effective and holistic environmental protection initiatives Guest blog by @BlancoMarquizo @FCTCofficial #FCTC #SDGs #plasticpollution

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The theme for #WorldNoTobaccoDay 2020 is protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use. Read more here

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Latest News: Vaping in early life could increase the risk of exposure to metals, potentially harming brain and organ development. @AndrewKochvar

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New blog: "In the absence of more data, tobacco smoking appears to be the most important avoidable risk factor for a poorer prognosis in COVID-19. Smoking status should be recorded in all surveillance systems for COVID-19 in every country"

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In Italy, research finds that the use of either e-cigarettes or HTPs predicts starting conventional cigarette smoking among people who never smoked & relapse among people who used to smoke. @SilvanoGallus @martinmckee @GiuseppeGorini @alessandra_lugo

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Responding to public health emergencies in an age of distrust: the current lung damage epidemic in the United States by Bill King & Ron Borland @unimelb w @CoralGartner @UQMedicine

Responding to public health emergencies in an age of distrust: the current lung damage epidemic in...

Bill King, Coral Gartner and Ron Borland In April 2019, the first case appeared of what soon became an epidemic of highly unusual lung damage cases in the United States, with the patients first...

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We're proud to celebrate 30 years of advancing tobacco control policy with you. Take a look at the major milestones with our interactive infographic #srnt2022 #TobaccoControl30Years

Celebrating 30 years of advancing tobacco control policy | Tobacco Control

Tobacco Control celebrates 30 years of publication. This page hosts the special issue and an infographic showcasing the journal's milestones.

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"Philip Morris International is paying to position itself alongside & gain access to policymakers & other influential stakeholders. In seeking these opportunities, the company is actively working to subvert the WHO #FCTC " by Dr Mary Assunta @TheGGTC

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"The best thing the tobacco industry can do to fight COVID-19 is to immediately stop producing, marketing and selling tobacco," Gan Quan, a public health specialist & director at @TheUnion_TC said in a statement:

Tobacco companies urged to stop production, sales amid COVID-19 outbreak

Health experts Monday urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from...

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New research finds that the tobacco industry has employed targeted pricing strategies in Colombia by differentially shifting taxes and launching new brands or brand variants.

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Latest News: Electronic cigarette (EC) manufacturers are now turning fourth-generation ECs into functional gaming devices. @Talbot_Lab_UCR

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Adolescents in Massachusetts decreased their use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in response to local restrictions that limited the sale of flavoured tobacco products to adult-only retail tobacco stores.

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Infographic on the global pandemic of smoking ahead of World #NoTobacco Day on 31 May #WNTD2015 http://t.co/KTrbiCdiVu

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USA: New study finds no evidence that e-cigarette use among US adolescents already smoking cigarettes is associated with subsequent abstinence from cigarette smoking. @F_Filippidis

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Tobacco industry CSR activities should be banned. Instead, a govt levy on profits could be used for tobacco control & other public health purposes, which would prevent companies exploiting health emergencies for corporate gain by @ayadav24 @TheUnion_TBLH

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Systematic Review: High-level evidence that ENDS exposes users to toxic substances, increases the risk of respiratory disease, leads to nicotine dependence & increases cigarette smoking initiation. ENDS marketing increases ENDS use/intention to use.

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On World No Tobacco Day check out our editorial on this year's theme - Future of farming must be food not tobacco. #WorldNoTobaccoDay #WNTD2023 #FoodNotTobacco

Future of farming must be food not tobacco

This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme, ‘We need food, not tobacco’, comes at a critical juncture in world affairs and converges with momentum being built around the implementation of Article 17 of...

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"Non-tobacco flavours, daily vaping and modifiable e-cigarette devices may help some smokers abstain from cigarette smoking via transitioning to exclusive e-cigarette use, but are also associated with ongoing exclusive e-cigarette use." @astokes

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Premature deaths could be averted in the United States by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes

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"Banning menthol as a characterising flavour in cigarettes may decrease smoking and reduce the addictive potential of cigarettes among current smokers" by @KrystenBold & @YaleMed researchers

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New paper finds adult current e-cigarette use was associated with substantial excess healthcare utilisation and expenditures, and e-cigarette use was associated with higher odds of reporting poor health status than never tobacco users.

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The urgent need for a human rights approach to improving smoking cessation treatment new blog by @AshOrg #quitsmoking #FCTC #humanrights #SDGs

The urgent need for a human rights approach to improving smoking cessation treatment - Blog -...

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy with Carolyn Dresler, Chris Bostic, Cheryl Healton, Laurent Huber, Harry Lando, and Martin Raw When thinking of human rights crises, people often think of violence – child...

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Cigarettes in #plainpacks with larger graphic health warnings have reduced Australian adolescents' positive perceptions of cigarette packs and brand differentiation by @CancerVic researchers

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Continuation of concept naming practices by industry, either to obscure non-tobacco flavours or to promote different kinds of tobacco flavouring, may undermine efforts to reduce youth vaping.

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"All these tactics are straight out of the Big Tobacco playbook. Will they work? Time will tell. But no one should expect JUUL to act any differently than the cigarette company whose former executive is now firmly in control." Nov editorial by @MaloneRuth

JUUL: beaten-down innovator or vicious bully?

One could almost feel sorry for Juul. After seeing a Juul co-founder sweat through a US Congressional hearing at which youth testified about JUUL addiction and reported a JUUL company representativ...

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To prevent tobacco companies from exploiting regulatory loopholes, regulations should ban flavours & consider the broad variety of flavour capsule variant designs, additives and loose products designed to impart flavour into tobacco products.

Tobacco industry strategies for flavour capsule cigarettes: analysis of patents and internal...

Background The global market for flavour capsule variants (FCVs), cigarettes with a crushable flavour capsule, has grown exponentially. To inform further regulatory efforts, it is important to...

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July Issue: Study finds that people who use conventional cigarettes who want to reduce harm should quit all tobacco use rather than switching to HTPs or using them concurrently.

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To reduce smoking & the harms it causes, countries, including the US, are considering policies to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to minimally addictive levels but effective messages that very low nicotine cigarettes are no less harmful are imperative

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New study shows flavours important in vaping initiation for current & former smokers, & vaping-susceptible non-smokers; regulation that allows some flavour diversity without extravagant marketing needed by by @otago @OtagoWellington @ASPIRE2025 researchers

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Call for papers: To celebrate 30 years of publishing Tobacco Control, a special anniversary issue will be published in conjunction w the next World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Dublin in 2022. Read more here: #WCTOH @MaloneRuth @WCTOH2022 @FCAforTC

30th Anniversary collection – call for papers - Blog - Tobacco Control

Ruth Malone 2022 marks 30 years of publication of Tobacco Control. To celebrate this milestone, we are planning a special anniversary issue of the journal, to be published in conjunction with the...

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The two faces of the tobacco industry during the #COVID -19 pandemic new blog by @ZatonskiMateusz w @exposetobacco researchers @UniofBath

The two faces of the tobacco industry during the COVID-19 pandemic - Blog - Tobacco Control

Mateusz Zatoński, Anna B. Gilmore, Thomas R. Hird Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, the world’s major tobacco companies have geared their...

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A call for scientists, public health professionals & government representatives to avoid associating their names with the upcoming “Science Diplomacy” event and others that could advance the tobacco industry’s interests by @BathTR @SPECTRUMRes researchers

Who should we trust on science diplomacy and COVID-19 recovery? Not Big Tobacco - Blog - Tobacco...

Alice Fabbri, Louis Laurence, Mateusz Zatoński, Anna B Gilmore On April 20th the magazine Foreign Policy will hold a Virtual Dialogue on “Science Diplomacy”. The event will focus on “elevating the...

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Latest News: Study from England shows that in contrast to what was predicted by the tobacco industry, the implementation of standardised tobacco packaging was associated with a decline in in illicit tobacco and cross-border purchases. @anthonylav

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Shifting to non-tobacco farming would allow farming households in #Indonesia to reallocate their resources to other more lucrative economic opportunities by @gasahadewo @feb_ugm w @AmericanCancer @ANUCrawford researchers

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Despite national differences in e-cigarette regulation and marketing, there is evidence e- cigarette use among early adolescent smokers in the UK and USA leads to higher odds of any smoking and more frequent tobacco cigarette use later in adolescence.

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March editorial: The tobacco endgame’s focus on changing permanently the structural, political & social dynamics that sustain the tobacco epidemic should be a goal for both proponents & opponents of newer/novel nicotine & tobacco products by @MaloneRuth

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Study finds e-cigarette users preferred non-tobacco & non-menthol flavors, open-system over closed-system e-cigarettes & regular nicotine over low nicotine & that people are unlikely to switch to another product because of flavor or nicotine restrictions.

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August Issue: Researchers find that Instagram is a global venue for unregulated ENDS sales, including flavoured products, and access to websites lacking age verification, and may violate Instagram’s policies and US federal and state law. @tkmackey

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Heated Tobacco Product(HTP) or e-cig(EC) use showed lower exhaled CO but similar saliva cotinine levels compared with conventional cigarette(CC) use. Dual users of CCs and HTPs/ECs smoked less CCs than exclusive CC users but consumed more tobacco in total.

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Almost two-thirds of respondents thought it would be ‘a good thing’ if there came a time when it was no longer legal to sell cigarettes in shops in Australia (n=1937).

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July Issue: Analysis of e-cigarette advertisements from 2019 and 2020 include youth-appealing content such as flavours, fruit imagery and positive sensations (e.g. good taste, good smell). @jessliu_

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Without guidelines on use of ENDS for smoking cessation, young adults in the US are left to self-titrate with a variety of vaping quantities, nicotine concentrations, flavours & devices, yielding frustrating, expensive, risky and/or unsuccessful results

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Potential deaths averted in USA by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes

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Contrary to Philip Morris’s claim that IQOS is an alternative for smokers, 3.8% of ever HTP users were non-smokers. The odds of abstaining from smoking were also lower among ever HTP & e-cig users, despite their higher frequency of quit attempts

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New research paper on #ecig use in Italy finds those (re)starting smoking after using e-cigarettes outnumber those who stop smoking after using e-cigarettes. w @MarioNegriIRCCS researchers

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July Issue: Researchers find that e- cigarette use among early adolescents who smoke in the UK and USA leads to higher odds of any smoking and more frequent tobacco cigarette use later in adolescence.

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Time to put the right to health above tobacco industry profits: "Spain must look to a future free from tobacco-induced disease and death. Continuing on our current path will not realize this future." by @LaurentHuber @nofumadores @AshOrg

Spain: Civil Rights and Public Health Organizations Press Government for a Tobacco Endgame by 2030...

Civil rights associations and public health organizations in Spain are calling for strong action to end tobacco use

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New study highlights the importance of denormalising the tobacco industry’s involvement in scientific events. Such events could be a crucial platform for building connections in the scientific sphere for tobacco companies. @BathTR

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Illicit Tobacco Trade not exacerbated by tobacco tax increases in low & middle income countries, research shows New blog by @Tobacconomics @CRUK_Policy

Illicit Tobacco Trade not exacerbated by tobacco tax increases in low & middle income countries,...

Priscilla Tiigah and Erika Dayle Siu The health and economic consequences of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are well documented. The question of how best to control and prevent NCDs is urgent in...

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Welcome to newly appointed Editor-in-Chief A/Prof Marita Hefler, starting January 2024. We thank outgoing EIC Prof Ruth Malone for her exceptional leadership of the journal since 2009. @m_hef @MaloneRuth @MenziesResearch

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Latest News: Research in the USA provides evidence that e-cigarette taxes increase e-cigarette prices and reduce e- cigarette sales by sizably lower levels than previously estimated. @MeganCDiaz @mikepesko

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Permitting tobacco companies to dominate the legal cannabis industry will risk exacerbating public health harms on groups that are disproportionately harmed by tobacco use. New blog by @Andy_SL_Tan and @shaleentitle

Perils of the tipping point of Big Tobacco 2.0 taking over the legal cannabis industry - Blog -...

Big Tobacco must be prevented from utilizing its profit-driven product engineering of addictive and deadly products, predatory marketing practices, and anti-regulatory expertise to dominate the legal...

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"The bizarre exception to both (consumer protection & human rights) standards is the cigarette, shown to kill as many as 2/3 of its long-time users, yet essentially unregulated." By TC editor-in-chief @MaloneRuth & Elizabeth Smith @UCSFNurse

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Latest News: Systematic review finds that modelling studies generally predicted favourable long-term population impacts of e-cigarette use, as lower smoking prevalence and reduced burden of disease are commonly projected. @CoralGartner

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The tobacco industry says increased tobacco taxes & plain packaging lead to higher rates of tobacco smuggling & cross-country purchases. This French study shows the opposite is true: by @Inserm researchers

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Using a simulation model, researchers predict that a 2021 menthol ban in the US will lead to declines in smoking prevalence, reduce smoking attributable deaths and reduce life years lost. Read more: @AlexCLiber @cdoug

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August Issue: Researchers evaluate ethical arguments that advocate maximising ENDS’ potential as a harm reduction tool among people who currently smoke, and prioritising the interests of those who smoke over those of children and never-smokers.

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Cigarette filter fraud misperceptions: In this study, 71% did not know #plastic is a filter component, 20% believed filters are biodegradable & 23% believed they reduce health harms. (All wrong). by @truthinitiative @sdsuhealth researchers

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How could #tobacco availability be reduced in Scotland? This paper simulates the effects of 12 potential policies to reduce tobacco outlet density, & measures their impact on inequalities w @ficaryl @NiamhShortt @jamie0pearce @drgarthreid & Rich Mitchell

Simulating the density reduction and equity impact of potential tobacco retail control policies

Background Reducing the provision of tobacco is important for decreasing inequalities in smoking and smoking-related harm. Various policies have been proposed to achieve this, but their impacts—par...

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"This study is yet another example of the tobacco industry arguments pertaining to illicit cigarette trade being unsubstantiated and exaggerated." @mjstoklosa @AmericanCancer

No surge in illicit cigarettes after implementation of menthol ban in Nova Scotia

Background In May 2015, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in the world to ban menthol cigarettes specifically. The tobacco industry warned that ‘the primary effect of...

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May Issue: Longitudinal study in Thailand supports the relationship between e-cigarette use and subsequent smoking initiation among youth and the relationship between youth cigarette use and subsequent e-cigarette initiation @ProfGlantz

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Aotearoa New Zealand has a world-leading #smokefree plan. If implemented in full, it could show the way for other jurisdictions to eliminate the health loss, inequity & economic burden from the tobacco epidemic Blog by @ASPIRE2025 @ProfEdwardsNZ @otago

New Zealand Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve Smokefree 2025 goal - Blog -...

By Richard Edwards and members of the ASPIRE 2025 Research Centre In April 2021 the New Zealand government published a discussion document with a draft action plan for Smokefree 2025. The goal itself...

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#COVID -19 and #smoking : resources, research and news. Bookmark this page for comprehensive information #QuitforCovid

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New paper shows Minnesota’s investment in comprehensive tobacco control measures has driven down smoking rates, saved billions in medical care & productivity costs & prevented tobacco related diseases @_HealthPartners @ClearWayMN researchers

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"Heated Tobacco Product uses was significantly associated w combustible cigarette smoking 1 year later among former smokers who had quit for ≥1 year , as well as never smokers, while the association was not significant among recently quit smokers"

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Latest news: Researchers conclude that regulatory agencies must consider taking steps to regulate device features such as colour, size and style to prevent designs that would entice children or be marketed based on their aesthetic appeal to youth. @hwipfli

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In the US, there is one preventable cause of death that surpassed #COVID -19: tobacco. Surgeon @JohnMaaMD and tobacco industry whistleblower @Jeffrey_Wigand argue it's time to act finally end Big Tobacco’s societal harm

As we reflect on COVID-19’s toll, the US must also act on the tobacco pandemic - Blog - Tobacco...

If just half of our assets and energy were focused on simultaneously reducing smoking’s deadly toll, maybe we can also finally end Big Tobacco’s societal harm and reach the Tobacco Endgame.

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The importance of emotion in pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs: high-emotion-arousing warning labels evoked more negative emotions and, in turn, higher quit intentions by @TCNJ @uarizona @GeorgiaStateU resarchers

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New economic modelling study shows Aotearoa/New Zealand's Smokefree Action Plan is likely to produce substantial economic benefits for citizens. @CoralGartner

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Latest News: As of October 2023, vape stores in the USA had started selling a new electronic cigarette pod system named Spree Bar, advertised as ‘PMTA exempt.’ @sejordt @pzettler

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May News: #Netherlands to end supermarket tobacco sales, women's rights & tobacco control, #Ethiopia tax increase, #Switzerland uni school adopts UN compact to exclude tobacco w @m_hef @Wdekanter @AshOrg @LaurentHuber @kelsrom @mjstoklosa @pdiethelm

Worldwide news and comment

All articles written by Marita Hefler and John Baker unless otherwise attributed. Ideas and items for News Analysis should be sent to [email protected] On 3 March 2020, a majority in the...

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Smokers at higher risk of getting coronavirus, says researcher

Researcher publishes new information about smoking and COVID-19

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In Santiago de Chile "The proportion of smokers consuming illicit cigarettes estimated in this research is less than half of the widely publicised claims of the tobacco industry" by @UAI_CL @AmericanCancer researchers

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The tobacco industry used the 4 yr ‘phase-out period’ in the UK to promote new #menthol products to retailers through the retail trade press, instead of preparing for the ban by @BathTR @UniofBath researchers Dr Karen Evans-Reeve & Sarah Dance

Menthol: Tobacco Companies are exploiting loopholes in the UK's characterising flavours ban - Blog...

Tobacco companies have long harnessed consumers’ misperceptions about menthol to appeal to new populations of young smokers – a key strategy to securing profits.

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"As scientists & members of the public health community, it is our responsibility to expose when & in what manner tobacco industry interests intersect with & influence research & public health" by @RaglanMaddox w @ANUmedia @BillieJ_Hardy @CurtinUni @UCSF

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Tobacco Control still won’t publish tobacco industry funded work, even if @InsidePMI launders the money

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Latest News: Researchers find that the recent surge in teen vaping was faster, larger and independent of the long-standing decline in cigarette smoking. @MatthewDavStone

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Current Issue: In the US, adult current e-cigarette use was associated with substantial excess healthcare utilisation and expenditures.

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The tobacco industry says increased tobacco taxes & plain packaging lead to higher rates of tobacco smuggling & cross-country purchases. This French study shows the opposite is true: w @Fabienne_EK @Inserm researchers #plainpacks

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Read these two case studies covering the long-term policy influence strategies of the tobacco industry. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Dr Mateusz Zatoński. ▶️ @ThomasRHird , @AllenGallagher_ , @pdiethelm , @BathTR #TobaccoControl30Years

Understanding the long-term policy influence strategies of the tobacco industry: two contemporary...

Objective This paper explores transnational tobacco companies’ (TTCs) long-term policy influence strategies using two case studies, harm reduction and illicit tobacco, to identify lessons for the...

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BLOG: Ending child labour in tobacco production by 2025: the tobacco industry is the problem, not part of the solution

Ending child labour in tobacco production by 2025: the tobacco industry is the problem, not part of...

Mary Assunta Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) Related: more than 100 organisations call on ILO not to renew tobacco industry contracts Today is World Day Against Child Labour and this...

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Nicotine pouches may potentially be a reduced risk alternative to cigarettes & other tobacco products. However, this study found the nicotine contents of some pouches are alarmingly high & the presence of carcinogenic TSNAs is of serious concern.

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Do smokers and non-smokers in Germany know that cigarette filters are mainly composed of non-biodegradable #plastic material? [Spoiler: most don't] by @daniel_kotz @KastaunS @HHU_de

Do people know that cigarette filters are mainly composed of synthetic material? A representative...

Introduction Most cigarettes are smoked with filters made of synthetic plastic, which are not fully biodegradable. Littering used cigarette filters (butts) represents a substantial environmental...

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Check out this podcast with Dr Karen Evans-Reeves from the University of Bath discussing the environmental impacts caused by the tobacco industry after its products are consumed. @FCTC_KH_FIOCRUZ

The tobacco industry and plastic pollution

Unlocking the Tobacco Supply Chain · Episode

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"Switching from flavoured JUUL to Puff e-cigarettes may expose users to increased harm due to the higher levels of WS-23 and pulegone in Puff products."

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Study of 97 countries confirms the association between higher cigarette tax scores and lower cigarette consumption. The implications for Governments are clear. @caosomatik @erikadayle

As countries improve their cigarette tax policy, cigarette consumption declines

Background This study examines the association between the Tobacconomics cigarette tax scores and cigarette consumption in 97 countries during the period of 2014–2020. Methods Data on countries’...

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Announcing our 2020 Reviewers of the Year. Thank you for your wonderful contributions! 👏👏👏 @noelTbrewer @gparaje @jamie0pearce @Ce_Shang_HE Hai-Yen Sung @UCSFNurse & Andrew (Anaru) Waa @ASPIRE2025

Tobacco Control Reviewers of the Year for 2020 - Blog - Tobacco Control

Annually, the editors of Tobacco Control honor journal reviewers who have gone “above and beyond” in contributing their expertise toward ensuring the high quality of papers the journal publishes and...

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Latest News: Plastic pollution from cigarette butts likely costs US$26 billion/year or US$186 billion over 10 years

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Latest News: Approximately 14% of tweets about the menthol ban mentioned over-policing and, notably, over half of the users tweeting about these narratives had financial ties to the tobacco industry. @SherryEmery

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In recognition of #WCTOH2018 our March 2018 issue is #openaccess

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New blog about Canada's proposal to put health warnings on individual cigarettes.

Canada publishes proposed regulations to require a health warning directly on every cigarette -...

Rob Cunningham On 10 June 2022, Canada announced proposed regulations for its third round of picture warnings, together with a requirement for a health warning to appear on every cigarette, a world...

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Read about how the tobacco control community experiences intimidation for their work. This article is dedicated to co-author Dr Mateusz Zatonski who sadly passed away in January 2022 and is sorely missed by his colleagues. @BathTR

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"Filter ventilation is inherently misleading to smokers and it is time to ban it" by @UniMelb @RoswellPark @gfong570 @UWaterloo @KingsNRG @UMN_Psychiatry @MUSC_COM @ITCProject researchers

Smokers’ awareness of filter ventilation, and how they believe it affects them: findings from the...

Background Filter ventilation creates sensations of ‘lightness’ or ‘smoothness’ and is also highly effective for controlling machine-tested yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide. Nearly all...

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INDUSTRY WATCH! In Germany in 2020, rather than marketing HTPs as a switching device or alternative to traditional cigarettes, Glo challenges and slogans emphasised ‘do both,’ a suggestive invitation for dual use.

‘Do both’: glo events and promotion in Germany

A new generation of heated tobacco products (HTPs) is being widely promoted in traditional (billboards, print) and social media in Germany. In Germany, HTPs are considered distinct from cigarettes or...

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Latest News: Inventory of different types of flavour accessories in countries in different regions of the world. These non-tobacco containing accessories are available in a wide variety of flavours and are often targeted at prior menthol cigarette smokers.

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May Issue: In Chile, while commercial breaks did not contain any tobacco advertising, young people watching TV were exposed to tobacco brand impressions from regular TV programming, effectively circumventing the advertising ban. @Armi0156 @ximenaguilera

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"For every $1 increase in cigarette tax per pack (in 2016 dollars), county life expectancy increased by 1 year" by @IcahnMountSinai @ColumbiaSIPA @UCSF @ColumbiaMSPH @UCSFMedicine @StanfordDeptMed researchers

Estimating the long-run relationship between state cigarette taxes and county life expectancy

Introduction While a large body of literature suggests that tobacco control legislation—including fiscal measures such as excise taxes—effectively reduces tobacco smoking, the long-run (10+ years)...

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