Background Following California’s statewide law prohibiting the sale of flavoured tobacco products, some cigarette brands ...

This paper investigates hypotheses regarding the cause of the recent apparent increase in young adult smoking, compares trends in smoking among young adults with trends in the use of other substances, ...

1 Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Control Research Institute, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia 2 VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia ...

Correspondence to Samantha Filby, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa; ...

Introduction Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt ENDS without fully relinquishing smoking. Known as ‘dual use’, this ...

Correspondence to Dr Ce Shang, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; cshang{at}uic.edu Background Recent studies ...

Objectives: To determine the extent of all forms of tobacco usage in adult Bangladeshis in relation to gender and locality. Methods: Three annual urban and rural cross-sectional surveys were carried ...

Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Correspondence to Dr Alejandra Macías Sánchez, Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria, Ciudad de Mexico 06700, ...

Background One of the most significant barriers to tax reform and tax rate increases in Vietnam is the threat of illicit trade promulgated by the tobacco industry. The industry argues that higher ...

Correspondence to Dr Jeremy Staff, Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; jus25{at}psu.edu Objective Using longitudinal data from two large-scale ...

Correspondence to Erikas Simonavicius, Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8BB, UK; erikas.simonavicius{at}kcl.ac.uk ...

Objective:To summarise the evidence on adolescent and young adult prevention and cessation, and provide future directions for research. Data sources:Data were collected from published literature.