June 2020
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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Protection—Sleep Health
Safa F, Chaiton M, Mahmud I, Ahmed S, Chu A. The association between exposure to second-hand smoke and sleep disturbances: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Health. May 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Hot Topics
Fetterman and colleagues found that smokers, e-cigarette users, and dual users all had depressed vascular function to similar extents.
E-Cigarettes—Health Effects
Fetterman JL, Keith RJ, Palmisano JN, et al. Alterations in vascular function associated with the use of combustible and electronic cigarettes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020;9(9):e014570. FREE.
Reviews
Cessation—Community-Based Research
Kato D, Kataoka Y, Suwangto EG, et al. Reporting guidelines for community-based participatory research did not improve the reporting quality of published studies: A systematic review of studies on smoking cessation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(11):3898. FREE
Protection—Workplace
Rashiden I, Ahmad Tajuddin NA, Yee A, Zhen STE, bin Amir Nordin AS. The efficacy of smoking ban policy at the workplace on secondhand smoking: systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. June 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Smoking—Mental Illness
Coustals N, Martelli C, Brunet-Lecomte M, Petillion A, Romeo B, Benyamina A. Chronic smoking and cognition in patients with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research. June 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Conti AA, Tolomeo S, Steele JD, Baldacchino AM. Severity of negative mood and anxiety symptoms occurring during acute abstinence from tobacco: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2020;115:48-63.
Recent Work by Canadian Researchers
Cessation—Comorbidities
Minian N, Corrin T, Lingam M, et al. Identifying contexts and mechanisms in multiple behavior change interventions affecting smoking cessation success: a rapid realist review. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):918. FREE
Cessation—E-Cigarettes
Hébert-Losier A, Filion KB, Windle SB, Eisenberg MJ. A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in the general population: E3 Trial Design. CJC Open. 2020;2(3):168-175. FREE
Cessation—Pharmacotherapy
Carney G, Maclure M, Malfair S, Bassett K, Wright JM, Dormuth CR. Comparative safety of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies during a government-sponsored reimbursement program. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. June 2020. [Epub ahead of print].
E-Cigarettes—Flavours
Gravely S, Cummings KM, Hammond D, et al. The association of e-cigarette flavors with satisfaction, enjoyment, and trying to quit or stay abstinent from smoking among regular adult vapers from Canada and the United States: Findings from the 2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. May 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Initiation—Disparities
Gagné T, Frohlich KL, Quesnel-Vallée A. The role of education and other transition milestones in the progression of social inequalities in cigarette smoking between the ages of 18 and 25: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey. Addictive Behaviors. 2020;109:106476.
Initiation—E-Cigarettes
Dugas EN, Sylvestre M-P, O’Loughlin J. Type of e-liquid vaped, poly-nicotine use and nicotine dependence symptoms in young adult e-cigarette users: a descriptive study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):922.
Aleyan S, Hitchman SC, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Trends and predictors of exclusive e-cigarette use, exclusive smoking and dual use among youth in Canada. Addictive Behaviors. 2020;109:106481.
Protection—Public Spaces
Lapalme J, Glenn NM, Frohlich KL. Do you mind if I smoke here? Exploring the insights that public benches bring to public health research. Canadian Journal of Public Health. June 2020.
Tobacco Industry—Packaging
Wade W, White K. The package as a weapon of influence: Changes to cigarette packaging design as a function of regulatory changes in Canada. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2020;6(March). FREE
Tobacco Industry—Tax
Wu DC, Jha P, Dutta S, Marquez P. Impact of cigarette price increase on health and financing outcomes in Vietnam. Gates Open Research. 2020;3:1516. FREE