The surprise announcement by the former head of the WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, Derek Yach, that he would head a newly-established organisation called the ‘Foundation for a Smoke-free World’1 to ...

Background Standardised packaging for factory-made cigarettes (FM) and roll-your-own tobacco (RYO), and a minimum excise tax (MET) were fully implemented in the UK in May 2017 following a 12-month ...

1 Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2 Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3 Department of Psychology, Queen's ...

Correspondence to Dr Neethi V Rao, Institute of Public Health, 250 Masters Cottage, 2 C Main, 2nd C Cross, Girinagar I Phase, Bengaluru 560085, Karnataka, India; neethi{at}iphindia.org Introduction ...

Introduction Smoke-free policies are often regarded as an imposition on the economy which has hindered their adoption in ...

Correspondence to Dr Tessa Langley, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Nottingham City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; tessa.langley{at ...

Online, we have observed disposable vaping devices that allow users to adjust the nicotine dose and flavour levels to deliver ...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and the evolution of synthetic coolants in cigarettes and ...

Objectives: To examine the complicity of British American Tobacco (BAT) in cigarette smuggling in Asia, and to assess the centrality of illicit trade to regional corporate strategy. Methods: Analysis ...

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 ...

Background: Smoking is one of the biggest avoidable causes of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. This paper quantifies the current health and economic burden of smoking in the UK. It ...

This paper builds on tobacco document research by analysing contemporary materials to explore how the global tobacco market has changed, how transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) are responding and ...