August 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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OTRU

Prevention—Addiction

Hirsch J, Schwartz R. Structural conditions as cause: Explaining the rapid rise in youth e-cigarette use by re-thinking models of addiction. Subst Use Misuse. August 11, 2021:1-8.

Tobacco Control—Methodology

Fu R, Kundu A, Mitsakakis N, et al. Machine learning applications in tobacco research: a scoping review. Tob Control. August 27, 2021:tobaccocontrol-2020-056438.

Tobacco Industry—Economics

Tarride J-E, Blackhouse G, Guindon GE, Chaiton MO, Planinac L, Schwartz R. Return on investment of Canadian tobacco control policies implemented between 2001 and 2016. Tob Control. August 10, 2021:tobaccocontrol-2021-056473.

Hot Topics

Tobacco Industry—E-Cigarettes

The American Journal of Public Health published a commentary authored by 15 former presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (Balfour et al.) arguing that too much of the messaging around e-cigarettes has been focused on the potential harms to youth and that regulation may affect adult use of e-cigarettes in quit attempts. In a counterpoint, Jon Samet and Jessica Barrington-Trimis suggest that the authors are failing to account for the trade-offs inherent in using e-cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy.

Balfour DJK, Benowitz NL, Colby SM, et al. Balancing consideration of the risks and benefits of e-cigarettes. Am J Public Health. August 19, 2021:e1-e12.

Samet JM, Barrington-Trimis J. E-Cigarettes and Harm Reduction: An artificial controversy instead of evidence and a well-framed decision context. Am J Public Health. August 26, 2021:e1-e3.

Reviews

Cessation—Behavioural Interventions

Mohamed R, Bullen C, Mohd Hairi F, Amer Nordin AS. A systematic review of group therapy programs for smoking cessation in Asian countries. Tob Induc Dis. 2021;19(August):1-15.

Cessation—Flavours

Kim MM, Curtin GM. Assessing the evidence on the differential impact of menthol versus non-menthol cigarette use on smoking cessation in the U.S. population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2021;16(1):61.

Cessation—Pregnancy

Kumar R, Stevenson L, Jobling J, Bar-Zeev Y, Eftekhari P, Gould GS. Health providers’ and pregnant women’s perspectives about smoking cessation support: a COM-B analysis of a global systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021;21(1):550.

Jackson MA, Baker AL, Gould GS, Brown AL, Dunlop AJ, McCarter K. Smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women attending treatment for substance use disorders: A systematic review. Addiction.

Canadian

Cessation—Behavioural Support

Stich C, Lasnier B, Lo E. Improving smoking cessation support for Quebec’s smokers: an evaluation of Quebec’s telephone quitline. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2021;41(7/8):222-229.

Cessation—COVID-19

Veldhuizen S, Selby P, Wong B, Zawertailo L. Effect of COVID-19 on smoking cessation outcomes in a large primary care treatment programme: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2021;11(8):e053075.

Prevention—Addiction

Sylvestre M-P, Lauzon B, Dugas EN, Mesidor M, O’Loughlin JL. Cigarette smoking trajectories in adolescent smokers: Does the time axis metric matter? Nicotine Tob Res. August 25, 2021.

Protection—Health Effects

Yau MTK, Okoli CTC. Associations of tobacco use and consumption with rurality among patients with psychiatric disorders: Does smoke‐free policy matter? J Rural Heal. August 2, 2021:jrh.12611.

To T, Fong I, Zhu J, McGihon R, Zhang K, Terebessy E. Effect of smoke-free legislation on respiratory health services use in children with asthma: a population-based open cohort study in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 2021;11(8):e048137.

Tobacco Industry—Cessation

Mondal S, Van Belle S, Bhojani U, Law S, Maioni A. Policy processes in multisectoral tobacco control in India: The role of institutional architecture, political engagement and legal interventions. Int J Heal Policy Manag. July 14, 2021.

Tobacco Industry—Public Opinion

Cloutier A, Tremblay‐Antoine C, Dufresne Y, Fréchet N. Highs and downs: A scoping review of public opinion about cannabis, alcohol and tobacco in Canada. Drug Alcohol Rev. August 10, 2021:dar.13372.