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- Pac-Man on a vape: electronic cigarettes target youth as gaming devices https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2024/06/14/tc-2024-058794 5 comments
- E-cigarette use as a predictor of cigarette smoking https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/26/e2/e106 58 comments
- Study refutes industry claims that ban on menthol cigarettes leads to increased use of illegal smokes: Banning menthol cigarettes doesn't lead more smokers to purchase menthols from illicit sources, contradicting claims made by the tobacco industry https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2023/01/06/tc-2022-057697 15 comments science
- Impact of Canada’s menthol cigarette ban on quitting among menthol smokers: pooled analysis of pre–post evaluation from the ITC Project and the Ontario Menthol Ban Study and projections of impact in the USA. More than a million smokers likely to quit after U.S. bans menthol cigarettes https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/27/tobaccocontrol-2021-057227 79 comments science
- Menthol cigarettes were responsible for 10 million extra smokers, 3 million life years lost and 378,000 premature deaths in the US from 1980 to 2018. Menthol cigarettes are thought to encourage smoking initiation among youths and young adults and make it more difficult for smokers to quit. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/09/tobaccocontrol-2020-056256 4 comments science
- When added to cigarette packs, pictures that cause negative emotional reactions resulted in stronger intentions to quit among smokers, according to a new study. The findings add to extensive evidence that the public health strategy is effective in reducing tobacco use. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/16/tobaccocontrol-2019-055116#dc1 45 comments science
- E-cigarettes 'are NOT safe for your lungs': Scientists discover vapers are nearly TWICE as likely to wheeze which can lead to acid reflux, heart failure and even cancer. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/13/tobaccocontrol-2018-054694.full 38 comments science
- After California enacted a law raising the minimum tobacco sales age to 21, the rate of retailers illegally selling tobacco products to children decoys under age 18 statistically decreased from 10.3% before T21 law to 5.7% after T21 (P=0.002). http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2018/02/05/tobaccocontrol-2017-054088.long 24 comments science
- New study finds strategy of replacing cigarette smoking with vaping would yield substantial life year gains, over a 10-year period yielding up to 6.6 million fewer premature deaths with 86.7 million fewer life years lost. http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/30/tobaccocontrol-2017-053759 96 comments science
- Students Who Use E-Cigarettes Are Four Times More Likely Than Non-Smoking Classmates to Try Conventional Cigarettes Within A Year (12-month study of 2,836 adolescents) http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/07/28/tobaccocontrol-2016-053539 58 comments science
- Hiding the tobacco power wall reduces cigarette smoking risk in adolescents: using an experimental convenience store to assess tobacco regulatory options at retail point-of-sale http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2015/11/17/tobaccocontrol-2015-052529 13 comments science