February 2021

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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Hot Topics

Health Effects—Cigarettes

A genetic study found a causal link between smoking, even occasional smoking, and serious type of stroke caused by a ruptured blood vessel.

Acosta JN, Szejko N, Both CP, et al. Genetically Determined Smoking Behavior and Risk of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke. 2021;52(2):582-587. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031622

Industry—Tobacco Products

Ruth Malone, Editor at Tobacco Control, writes an insightful editorial on the debates over new and novel nicotine and tobacco products and how to find common ground.

Malone RE. Finding ‘common ground’ on shifting sands: observations on the conflicts over product regulation. Tobacco Control. 2021;30(2):119-120. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056529

David Hammond and colleagues found that dependence symptoms among vaping youth increased from 2017-2019 with the vapers becoming closer in levels of dependence reported among smokers.

Hammond D, Reid JL, Rynard VL, et al. Indicators of dependence and efforts to quit vaping and smoking among youth in Canada, England and the USA. Tobacco Control. Published online February 1, 2021:tobaccocontrol-2020-056269. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056269

Reviews

Cessation—Behavioural Interventions

Shoesmith E, Huddlestone L, Lorencatto F, Shahab L, Gilbody S, Ratschen E. Supporting smoking cessation and preventing relapse following a stay in a smokefree setting: A meta‐analysis and investigation of effective behaviour change techniques. Addiction. Published online February 23, 2021:add.15452. doi:10.1111/add.15452

Cessation—Health Settings

Salloum RG, LeLaurin JH, Dallery J, et al. Cost evaluation of tobacco control interventions in clinical settings: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine. 2021;146:106469. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106469

Holliday R, Hong B, McColl E, Livingstone-Banks J, Preshaw PM. Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021;2. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005084.pub4

Cessation—Pharmacological Interventions

Mishra A, Maiti R, Mishra BR, Jena M. Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation in healthy adults: A network meta-analysis. Pharmacological Research. 2021;166:105478. doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105478

Recent Work by Canadian Researchers

Cessation—Cancer Settings

Pound CM, Zhang JZ, Kodua AT, Sampson M. Smoking cessation in individuals who use vaping as compared with traditional nicotine replacement therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(2):e044222. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044222

Cessation—Mental Health

Johnston J, Xia J, Yau MTK, Wang JCC, Okoli CTC, Khara M. The Impact of Psychiatric Disorder Diagnosis on Motivation to Quit and Stage of Change Among Patients at a Hospital-Based Outpatient Smoking Cessation Clinic. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. Published online 2021. doi:10.1080/15504263.2021.1881684

Cessation—Pharmacological Interventions

Cunningham JA, Kushnir V, Selby P, et al. Use of additional nicotine replacement therapy by participants in a five-year follow-up of a tobacco cessation trial. Addictive Behaviors. 2021;117:106875. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106875

Health Effects—COVID

Hopkins DB, Al-Hamdani M. Young Canadian e-Cigarette Users and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Vaping Behaviors by Pandemic Onset and Gender. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021;8. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.620748

Industry—Farming

Lencucha R, Drope J. How does tobacco growing impact advancement in demand reduction measures? Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2021;7(February):1-4. doi:10.18332/tpc/132596

Initiation—Vaping

Chadi N, Li G, Hadland SE. Adverse School Outcomes and Risky Sexual Health Behaviors among High School Students with E-Cigarette and Marijuana Use. Substance Use & Misuse. Published online February 15, 2021:1-5. doi:10.1080/10826084.2021.1883659

Prevalence—Refugee Populations

Oda A, Beukeboom C, Bridekirk J, Bayoumi A, Hynie M. Examining Trends of Cigarette Smoking Amongst Syrian Refugees During Their First Two Years in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Published online February 11, 2021. doi:10.1007/s10903-021-01153-3

Protection—Measurement

Levesque J, Mischki T. Exposure to tobacco smoke among Canadian nonsmokers based on questionnaire and biomonitoring data. Health Reports. 2021;32(2):16-26. doi:10.25318/82-003-x202100200002-eng