September 2019
The following is a monthly list of selected journal articles and reports on tobacco topics. Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. We try to choose titles of interest to our tobacco control network, but we realize that there are many relevant articles that are not listed. Archived issues of Current Abstracts are also available.
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OTRU
Protection—Cannabis
Chu, Kaufman, and Chaiton show that reported exposure to cannabis smoke in multi-unit housing is higher than reported exposure to secondhand tobacco with over 800,000 people reporting smoke entering their apartments.
Chu AK, Kaufman P, Chaiton M. Prevalence of involuntary environmental cannabis and tobacco smoke exposure in multi-unit housing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019 Sep 10;16(18):3332.
Hot Topics
E-Cigarettes—Health
The sudden epidemic of vaping-related illness in the US and Canada has made headlines across the world. Hswen and colleagues describe the medical outcomes of this illness.
Hswen Y, Brownstein JS. Real-time digital surveillance of vaping-induced pulmonary disease. The New England Journal of Medicine 2019 Sep 20;NEJMc1912818.
Tobacco Industry—Endgame
Elizabeth Smith and Ruth Malone forcefully present the case for phasing out the sale of cigarettes.
Smith EA, Malone RE. An argument for phasing out sales of cigarettes. Tobacco Control 2019 Sep 21;tobaccocontrol-2019-055079.
Reviews
Cessation—Behavioural Intervention
Hauer L, Scarano GI, Brigo F, Golaszewski S, Lochner P, Trinka E, et al. Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on nicotine consumption and craving: A systematic review. Psychiatry Research 2019 Nov 9;281:112562.
Smoking Cessation—Behavioural Interventions
Westerdahl E, Engman KO, Arne M, Larsson M. Spirometry to increase smoking cessation rate: A systematic review. Tobacco Induced Diseases 2019 Apr 17;17(April):31.
Tobacco Industry—Availability
Hollands GJ, Carter P, Anwer S, King SE, Jebb SA, Ogilvie D, et al. Altering the availability or proximity of food, alcohol, and tobacco products to change their selection and consumption. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019 Sep 4;9:CD012573.
Tobacco Industry—Pack Warnings
Francis D, Mason N, Ross J, Noar S. Impact of tobacco-pack pictorial warnings on youth and young adults: A systematic review of experimental studies. Tobacco Induced Diseases 2019 May 15;17(May):41.
Recent Work by Canadian Researchers
E-Cigarette—Health Effects
Pham T, Williams JVA, Bhattarai A, Dores AK, Isherwood LJ, Patten SB. Electronic cigarette use and mental health: A Canadian population-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders 2020 Jan 4;260:646–52.
Initiation—Addiction
Dugas EN, Sylvestre M-P, Wellman RJ, Winickoff J, Montreuil A, O’Loughlin J. Measures of nicotine dependence enhance interpretation of number of cigarettes smoked in youth smoking surveillance. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2019 Nov 30;204:107534.
Initiation—Co-Use
Mehra VM, Keethakumar A, Bohr YM, Abdullah P, Tamim H. The association between alcohol, marijuana, illegal drug use and current use of E-cigarette among youth and young adults in Canada: results from Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey 2017. BMC Public Health 2019 Dec 2;19(1):1208.
Initiation—Vaping
Milicic S, DeCicca P, Pierard E, Leatherdale S. An evaluation of school-based e-cigarette control policies’ impact on the use of vaping products. Tobacco Induced Diseases 2018 Aug 22;16(August):35.
Protection—Health Effects
Lange S, Koyanagi A, Rehm J, Roerecke M, Carvalho AF. Association of tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke with suicide attempts among adolescents–findings from 33 countries. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2019 Sep 5.
Protection—Multi-Unit Housing
Petersen AB, Elser H, Nguyen T, Alizaga NM, Vijayaraghavan M. Smoke-free or not: Attitudes toward indoor smoke-free policies among permanent supportive housing residents. American Journal of Health Promotion 2019 Sep 19;089011711987676.
Protection—Workplace
Rydz E, Arrandale VH, Peters CE. Population-level estimates of workplace exposure to secondhand smoke in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2019 Sep 5.
Tobacco Industry—Health Costs
Cui Y, Forget EL, Torabi M, Oguzoglu U, Ohinmaa A, Zhu Y. Health-related quality of life and economic burden to smoking behaviour among Canadians. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2019 Sep 6.