Background Tobacco-related illnesses are leading causes of death and healthcare use. Our objective was to determine whether implementation of a hospital-initiated smoking cessation intervention would ...

3 Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence to Dr John P Pierce, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer ...

Introduction The tobacco industry uses package colour to convey product attributes, which can impact consumers’ perceptions ...

Background As smoking prevalence declines, it is important to understand whether those who continue to smoke soften or harden (become more or less amenable to quitting, respectively) to inform the ...

2 Department of International Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 4 ...

Objective The merging of US smokeless tobacco (SLT) and cigarette industries in the early 2000s was highly predictable based ...

Objective: Past studies have produced ambiguous or inconsistent results when testing whether smokers actually underestimate their own risks of experiencing tobacco related illness. Whereas smokers ...

Background On 1 January 2021, Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, became the first cities in the USA to ban ...

Correspondence to Dr Sven-Eric Jordt, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710-3094, USA; sven.jordt{at}duke.edu In US federal regulations, any product ...

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 ...

Objective The objectives of this scoping review are to examine existing research on the often-secretive contracts between tobacco manufacturers and retailers, to identify contract requirements and ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah E Hill, Global Health Policy Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK; s.e.hill{at}ed.ac.uk Background While price increases and targeted cessation support have ...