Robertson, Lindsay Joshi, Ayush Legg, Tess Wellock, Georgina Ray, Katerina Evans-Reeves, Karen
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Tobacco control
Tobacco companies' intentions to influence the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) via the Conference of Parties (COP; the official biannual meeting where Parties review the Convention) are well documented. We aimed to analyse Twitter data to gain insights into tobacco industry tactics, arguments and allies. We retrieved 9089 tweets ...
Goodchild, Mark Paul, Jeremias Iglesias, Roberto Bouw, Annerie Perucic, Anne-Marie
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Tobacco control
The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol) entered into force in September 2018, and commits Parties to implement a package of measures to combat this global problem. The aim of this study is to assess the potential impact of eliminating illicit cigarettes on consumption, use and tax revenues. We identified 36 countr...
Mercincavage, Melissa Albelda, Benjamin Mays, Darren Souprountchouk, Valentina Giovenco, Daniel P Audrain-McGovern, Janet Strasser, Andrew A
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Tobacco control
Many countries removed misleading descriptors (eg, 'light,' 'mild') from cigarette packaging because they falsely conveyed messages of reduced risk. It is unclear if relabelled products currently promote misperceptions or differences in product use and toxicant exposure. We compared product perceptions, use and exposure between a US sample of Marlb...
Obinwa, Udoka Pasch, Keryn E Jetelina, Katelyn K Ranjit, Nalini Perez, Adriana Perry, Cheryl Harrell, Melissa
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Tobacco control
To examine (1) if tobacco retail outlets (TROs) closer to middle and high schools have more tobacco advertisements than TROs farther away and (2) the potential impact of two place-based tobacco control strategies on tobacco advertisements: a simulated ban of TROs (1) within 1000ft of schools and (2) within 500 ft of other TROs. TROs within half-mil...
Miller, Connor R Sutanto, Edward Smith, Danielle M Hitchman, Sara C Gravely, Shannon Yong, Hua H Borland, Ron O'Connor, Richard J Cummings, K Michael Fong, Geoffrey T
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Tobacco control
To evaluate heated tobacco product (HTP) awareness, trial and current use among adult cigarette smokers and vaping product users in four countries with varying regulations governing HTP sales. Data came from Wave 2 of the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey, collected from February to July 2018. Respondents were current and former smokers an...
Kreslake, Jennifer M Diaz, Megan C Shinaba, Muftau Vallone, Donna M Hair, Elizabeth C
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Tobacco control
To determine whether awareness of emerging vaping-attributable health conditions influences vaping-related risk perceptions and behaviours among young people. Respondents aged 15-24 years (n=3536) were drawn from a repeated cross-sectional online panel survey (222 participants/week) during an e-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) outbre...
Szklo, André Salem Iglesias, Roberto Magno Stoklosa, Michal Figueiredo, Valeska Carvalho Welding, Kevin de Souza Junior, Paulo Roberto Borges Machado, Alessandra Trindade Martins, Luis Felipe Leite Nascimento, Hannah Drope, Jeffrey
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Tobacco control
To cross-validate estimates of the size of the illicit cigarette trade based on the results of four different survey methods. In 2018/2019, four non-industry-funded, large-scale studies were conducted in selected Brazilian cities: packs discarded in household garbage/PDG (1 city), packs littered in the streets/PLS (5 cities), a phone survey of toba...
Gantiva, Carlos Angel-Sanint, Luna Velasco-Vivas, Ana
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Tobacco control
Flavoured e-liquids are especially appealing to young adults. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of text warning labels (WLs) on e-liquid vials used in flavoured electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) on e-cigarette non-users' perceptions of harm, addictiveness, emotional valence, interest in trying e-cigarettes and visual...
Jackson, Sarah E Brown, Jamie Shahab, Lion Steptoe, Andrew Fancourt, Daisy
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Tobacco control
This study aimed to examine associations between smoking and COVID-19 relevant outcomes, taking into account the influence of inequalities and adjusting for potential confounding variables. Cross-sectional data were used from an online study of adults in the UK (n=53 002). Main outcome measures were confirmed and suspected COVID-19, worry about cat...
Trapl, Erika Anesetti-Rothermel, Andrew Pike Moore, Stephanie Gittleman, Haley
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Tobacco control
Associations between retail tobacco availability and tobacco use have been mixed. This study examined associations between school-based retail environment exposures and current use of cigarettes, cigar products and e-cigarettes among middle school youth in Cleveland, OH. Retailers selling tobacco products were identified using the 2015 Cleveland Fo...
