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Introduction In the USA, most tobacco control research has focused on federal-level and state-level policies. However, ...
The tobacco control community consistently describes tobacco taxation in two ways: it is the most effective intervention and the least implemented.1 The scholarship on tax’s effectiveness for ...
IQOS is the most popular heated tobacco product (HTP) worldwide, marketed by the world’s largest transnational tobacco company, Philip Morris International (PMI).1 HTPs comprise two components: an ...
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 ...
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 ...
Background Minimum tobacco pricing would set a legal price floor. This study aimed to estimate how five minimum price thresholds could impact smoking behaviour, health and economic outcomes alongside ...
Objective Adoption of smoke-free policies (SFPs) in public venues, workplaces and other settings may prevent chronic smoking-related diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and respiratory ...
Background Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) have rapidly gained popularity in recent years. While ONPs likely expose users to fewer toxicants than cigarettes, they contain nicotine and may initiate, ...
### Behind the smoke: using authenticity to romanticise cigars Authenticity is a core component for creating a distinguished and successful global brand.1 Authenticity contributes to a brand’s ...
Background Adolescents’ support for the regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been documented to be influenced by various factors, but the commercial environment has rarely been ...