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Introduction Zimbabwe is the largest producer of tobacco leaf in Africa and the sixth largest globally. Tobacco leaf is a mainstay of the economy, accounting for about 10% of the country’s GDP in 2018 ...
Background A better understanding of sociodemographic transition patterns between single, dual and poly tobacco product use may help improve tobacco control policy interventions. Methods HRs of ...
Objective The goal of this study is to analyse the amount and content of alcohol-themed smokeless tobacco (ATST) messages on ...
Effective December 21, 2022, California’s state law (SB 793) prohibited sales of most flavoured tobacco products—including ...
Background Understanding disparities in the burden of cancer attributable to smoking is crucial to inform and improve tobacco control measures. In this report, we estimate the population attributable ...
Objective Regulating tobacco product features can reduce the appeal and addictiveness of smoking and promote quitting, but may be undermined by misperceptions about the reasons for the ban and the ...
Objective To review evidence on the impact of health warning messages on tobacco packages. Data sources Articles were identified through electronic databases of published articles, as well as relevant ...
Background and aim There is little academic research on tobacco brand loyalty and switching, and even less in restrictive marketing environments such as Australia. This paper examines tobacco brand ...
After the introduction of heated tobacco products (HTPs) by multinational tobacco companies, Korea’s largest tobacco company, KT&G, also introduced its HTP, ‘lil (a little is a lot)’, in November 2017 ...
Background Heightened stigma surrounding the action of smoking may decrease the likelihood that individuals who engage in smoking identify with the label ‘smoker’. Non-identifying smokers (NIS) may ...
Background Reducing cigarette nicotine content may reduce smoking. Studies suggest that smokers believe that nicotine plays a role in smoking-related morbidity. This may lead smokers to assume that ...