Background Following California’s statewide law prohibiting the sale of flavoured tobacco products, some cigarette brands ...

This paper investigates hypotheses regarding the cause of the recent apparent increase in young adult smoking, compares trends in smoking among young adults with trends in the use of other substances, ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the nicotine content of 12 unfiltered brands of bidi cigarettes (hand rolled cigarettes imported from India) with 8 popular brands of filtered and unfiltered US and conventional ...

Correspondence to Dr James F Thrasher, Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Discovery I Building, 534D, 915 Greene Street ...

Introduction Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt ENDS without fully relinquishing smoking. Known as ‘dual use’, this ...

Correspondence to Dr Ce Shang, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; cshang{at}uic.edu Background Recent studies ...

Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Correspondence to Dr Alejandra Macías Sánchez, Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria, Ciudad de Mexico 06700, ...

1 Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Control Research Institute, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia 2 VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia ...

Objectives: To determine the extent of all forms of tobacco usage in adult Bangladeshis in relation to gender and locality. Methods: Three annual urban and rural cross-sectional surveys were carried ...

Correspondence to Samantha Filby, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa; ...

Background One of the most significant barriers to tax reform and tax rate increases in Vietnam is the threat of illicit trade promulgated by the tobacco industry. The industry argues that higher ...