January 2022

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

A series of papers were published by OTRU researchers examining predictors of e-cigarette use, dependence, and use for smoking cessation.

Cessation—E-Cigarettes

Fu R, Schwartz R, Mitsakakis N, Diemert LM, O’Connor S, Cohen JE. Predictors of perceived success in quitting smoking by vaping: A machine learning approach. Parine NR, ed. PLoS One. 2022;17(1):e0262407.

Initiation—E-Cigarettes

Ahmad S, Wang T, Schwartz R, Bondy SJ. Predictors of pod-type e-cigarette device use among Canadian youth and young adults. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2022;42(1):12-20.

Shi J, Fu R, Hamilton H, Chaiton M. A machine learning approach to predict e-cigarette use and dependence among Ontario youth. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2022;42(1):21-28.

Hot Topics

Cessation—Cancer Settings

A review of studies on lung cancer patients found that quitting smoking around the time of diagnosis was associated with a significant survival benefit.

Caini S, Del Riccio M, Vettori V, et al. Quitting smoking at or around diagnosis improves the overall survival of lung cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Thorac Oncol. Published online January 2022.

Cessation—Heated Tobacco Products

The Cochrane Collaboration published a review of the effectiveness of heated tobacco products and found insufficient evidence to make conclusions about how, or if, these products reduce the prevalence of cigarette smoking or promote smoking cessation.

Tattan-Birch H, Hartmann-Boyce J, Kock L, et al. Heated tobacco products for smoking cessation and reducing smoking prevalence. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022;2022(1).

Reviews

Health Effects—E-Cigarettes

Armstrong ML, Smith N, Tracey R, Jackman H. The orthopedic effects of electronic cigarettes: A systematic review and pediatric case series. Children. 2022;9(1):62.

Industry—Taxation

Nazar G, Sharma N, Chugh A, et al. Impact of tobacco price and taxation on affordability and consumption of tobacco products in the South-East Asia Region: A systematic review. Tob Induc Dis. 2021;19(December):1-17.

Canadian

Health Effects—E-Cigarettes

Baker MM, Procter TD, Belzak L, Ogunnaike-Cooke S. Vaping-associated lung illness (VALI) in Canada: a descriptive analysis of VALI cases reported from September 2019 to December 2020. Heal Promot chronic Dis Prev Canada Res policy Pract. 2022;42(1):37-44.

Industry—E-Cigarettes

Callard C, Gagné T, O’Loughlin JL. Towards a Canadian evidence base to inform action to prevent and control vaping in Canada. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2022;42(1):1-3.

D’Mello K, Hammond D, Mahamad S, Wiggers D, East K. Nicotine content, labelling and flavours of e-liquids in Canada in 2020: a scan of the online retail market. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2022;42(1):4-11.

Pound CM, Coyle D. A cost-utility analysis of the impact of electronic nicotine delivery systems on health care costs and outcomes in Canada. Heal Promot Chronic Dis Prev Canada. 2022;42(1):29-36.

Prevalence—Cigarettes

Poirier MJ, Lin G, Watson LK, Hoffman SJ. Classifying European cigarette consumption trajectories from 1970 to 2015. Tob Control. Published online January 7, 2022:tobaccocontrol-2021-056627.

Protection—Prenatal

Horwitz J, Wen SW, Tan H, et al. Analysis of preconception paternal smoking and neonatal outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2144527.