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Long-term e-cigarette use and smoking cessation: a longitudinal study with US population
Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA Correspondence to Dr Shu-Hong Zhu, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San ...
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Should flavours be banned in cigarettes and e-cigarettes? Evidence on adult smokers and recent quitters from a discrete choice experiment
Objectives To provide the policy-relevant estimates of impacts of alternative flavour bans on preferences and demand for cigarettes and e-cigarettes in adult smokers and recent quitters. Methods A ...
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Effectiveness of comprehensive tobacco control programmes in reducing teenage smoking in the USA
a Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, b Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Melanie Wakefield PhD, Visiting Research ...
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Cross-validation of four different survey methods used to estimate illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil
Objective To cross-validate estimates of the size of the illicit cigarette trade based on the results of four different survey methods. Methods In 2018/2019, four non-industry-funded, large-scale ...
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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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Environmental health impacts of tobacco farming: a review of the literature
Objective To review the literature on environmental health impacts of tobacco farming and to summarise the findings and research gaps in this field. Methods A standard literature search was performed ...
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PMI’s heated tobacco products marketing claims of reduced risk and reduced exposure may entice youth to try and continue using these products
Importance Philip Morris International (PMI) is seeking Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorisation to market IQOS as a modified risk tobacco product and to make marketing claims of reduced ...
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Health consequences of smoking 1–4 cigarettes per day
Objectives: To determine the risk in men and women smoking 1–4 cigarettes per day of dying from specified smoking related diseases and from any cause. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Oslo city and ...
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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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The impact of tobacco control policies in Albania
3 Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Dr Eduard Zaloshnja, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 ...
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Comparing the cytotoxicity of electronic cigarette fluids, aerosols and solvents
Correspondence to Dr Prue Talbot, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside 92521, CA, USA; talbot{at}ucr.edu Background As thousands of electronic cigarette ...
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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 ...