Background India’s 2017 Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform standardised tax rates nationwide, replacing varying state-level value-added taxes (VAT) with a tiered GST structure that applied the ...

Background Tobacco companies employ various advertising methods, including immersive consumer experiences and cultural imagery, to promote their products. To our knowledge, no prior studies have ...

Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-week ...

Tobacco industry documents reveal that music events have long been a part of strategies to position products within the spaces and lifestyles of young people.1 Recently, e-cigarette (vape) companies ...

Methods An online survey of 254 daily smokers or social smokers aged between 18 and 34 used a within-subjects best-worst experiment to estimate the relative effects of variant names. A 2×4×4×4 design ...

Introduction Nicotine pouches are small, permeable pouches containing nicotine. The nicotine may either be derived from tobacco plants or synthetically produced. Nicotine pouches are available ...

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Background: The International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey (ITC-4) is a prospective cohort study designed to evaluate the psychosocial and behavioural impact of national-level tobacco ...

Objective We propose a novel approach for measuring tobacco use in a community through the chemical analysis of nicotine metabolites in urban wastewater. It offers frequent monitoring and ‘real-time’, ...

Background Cigarette smoking is associated with adverse health outcomes in people with and without disabilities. However, little is known about disability prevalence among people who smoke. The ...

Objectives To compare the new tobacco tax structure effective from May 2009 with the tax structure before May 2009 and to analyse its potential impact. Methods Published government statistics and ...

Background Since there is some evidence that the density and distribution of tobacco retail outlets may influence smoking behaviours, we aimed to estimate the impacts of 4 tobacco outlet reduction ...