September 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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OTRU
OTRU PhD student Daniel Eisenkraft Klein publishes his work providing an international lens on e-cigarette regulatory policies.
Tobacco Industry—E-Cigarettes
Eisenkraft-Klein D, Chaiton M, Kundu A, Schwartz R. A literature review on international e-cigarette regulatory policies. Current Addiction Reports (2020):1-11. FREE
Hot Topics
Two new papers examining quitting among e-cigarette users were released finding that e-cigarettes have largely displaced other pharmacotherapies with mixed results on effectiveness.
Cessation—E-Cigarettes
Chen R, Pierce JP, Leas EC, et al. E-cigarette use to aid long-term smoking cessation in the US: Prospective evidence from the PATH Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. Published online July 27, 2020. [E pub before print]
Pierce JP, Benmarhnia T, Chen R, et al. Role of e-cigarettes and pharmacotherapy during attempts to quit cigarette smoking: The PATH Study 2013-16. PLoS One. 2020;15(9):e0237938. FREE
Reviews
Cessation—Mobile
Byaruhanga J, Atorkey P, McLaughlin M, et al. Effectiveness of individual real-time video counseling on smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity, and obesity health risks: systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020;22(9):e18621. FREE
Chu KH, Matheny SJ, Escobar-Viera CG, Wessel C, Notier AE, Davis EM. Smartphone health apps for tobacco cessation: A systematic review. Addictive Behaviors. 2021;112.
Cessation—Pharmacotherapy
Vanderkam P, Solinas M, Ingrand I, et al. Effectiveness of drugs acting on adrenergic receptors in the treatment for tobacco or alcohol use disorders: systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction. Published online September 22, 2020:add.15265. [E pub before print]
Health Effects—Insurance
Amiri S, Behnezhad S. Smoking and disability pension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health. 2020;186:297-303.
Prevention—E-Cigarettes
Chan GCK, Stjepanovic D, Lim C, et al. Gateway or common liability? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of studies of adolescent e‐cigarette use and future smoking initiation. Addiction. Published online September 4, 2020. [E pub before print]
Prevention—LGBTQ
Shokoohi M, Salway T, Ahn B, Ross LE. Disparities in the prevalence of cigarette smoking among bisexual people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Tobacco Control. Published online September 15, 2020:tobaccocontrol-2020-055747. [E pub before print]
Tobacco Industry—E-Cigarettes
Guindon GE, Fatima T, Abbat B, Bhons P, Garasia S. Area-level differences in the prices of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems — A systematic review. Health and Place.
Recent Work by Canadian Researchers
Cessation—Adolescents
Minary L, Agrinier N, Dugas EN, Sylvestre M-P, O’Loughlin J. The natural course of cigarette smoking among adolescent daily smokers in France and Quebec. Tobacco Use Insights. 2020;13:1179173X2094354. FREE
Cessation—Cancer Settings
Evans WK, Gauvreau CL, Flanagan WM, et al. Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of integrating smoking cessation into lung cancer screening: a microsimulation model. CMAJ Open. 2020;8(3):E585-E592. FREE
Cessation—Comorbidities
Firth J, Solmi M, Wootton RE, et al. A meta-review of “lifestyle psychiatry”: the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. World Psychiatry. 2020;19(3):360-380.
E-Cigarettes—Dual Users
González-Roz A, MacKillop J. No evidence of differences in smoking levels, nicotine dependence, carbon monoxide or motivational indices between cigarette smokers and cigarett + e-cigarette dual users in two samples. Addictive Behaviors. 2021;112. [E pub before print]
Industry—Marketing
Dewhirst T, Lee WB. Kent cigarette brand marketing in the Republic of Korea: the role of a pioneering image, flavour capsules and leader price promotions. Tobacco Control. Published online September 3, 2020:tobaccocontrol-2019-055346.
Industry—Waterpipe
Kienhuis AS, Talhout R. Options for waterpipe product regulation: A systematic review on product characteristics that affect attractiveness, addictiveness and toxicity of waterpipe use. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2020;18(August).
Prevention—E-Cigarettes
Al-Hamdani M, Hopkins DB, Hardardottir A, Davidson M. Perceptions and experiences of vaping among youth and young adult e-cigarette users: Considering age, gender, and tobacco use. Journal of Adolescent Health. Published online 2020. [E pub before print]
Chadi N, Winickoff JP, Drouin O. Parental optimism and perceived control over children’s initiation of tobacco, cannabis, and opioid use. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health. 2020;17(17):1-9. FREE
Protection—E-Cigarettes
Nguyen H V, Bornstein S. Changes in adults’ vaping and smoking behaviours associated with aerosol-free laws. Tobacco Control. Published online September 15, 2020:tobaccocontrol-2020-055705. [E pub before print]
Protection—Schools
Dilliott D, Fazel S, Ehsan N, Sibbald S. The attitudes and behaviors of students, staff and faculty towards smoke-free and tobacco-free campus policies in North American universities: A narrative review. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation. 2020;6(August).