February 2019
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.
Full text is available where indicated, otherwise, a fee may be required.
OTRU Researchers
Rob Schwartz of OTRU contributes to a major report from the World Bank on illicit tobacco. The report finds that taxation plays only a minor role in illicit trade and that strengthening the taxation system can reduce illicit tobacco.
Tobacco—Contraband
World Bank. Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: a Global Review of Country Experiences (English). WBG Global Tobacco Control Program. Washington, DC: World Bank Group, 2019. FREE
Hot Topics
Sohal and colleagues find that heated tobacco devices can alter physiological functions in the lung and may not be a safer option than smoking or vaping. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina found that higher temporal co-use of tobacco and cannabis was associated with more severe tobacco dependence.
Sohal SS, Eapen MS, Naidu VGM, Sharma P. IQOS exposure impairs human airway cell homeostasis: direct comparison with traditional cigarette and e-cigarette. ERJ Open Research 2019 Feb 10;5(1):00159-2018.
Akbar SA, Tomko RL, Salazar CA, Squeglia LM, McClure EA. Tobacco and cannabis co-use and interrelatedness among adults. Addictive Behaviors 2019 Mar 1; 90:354-61.
Reviews
Cessation—Behavioural Interventions
Fanshawe TR, Hartmann-Boyce J, Perera R, Lindson N. Competitions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019 Feb 20;2(2):CD013272.
Cessation—Pregnancy
Brown TJ, Hardeman W, Bauld L, Holland R, Maskrey V, Naughton F, et al. A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum. Addictive Behaviors 2019;92:236-243. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.031.
Cessation—Relapse
Livingstone‐Banks J, Norris E, Hartmann‐Boyce J, West R, Jarvis M, Hajek P. Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003999. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003999.pub5.
Cessation—Screening
Iaccarino JM, Duran C, Slatore CG, Wiener RS, Kathuria H. Combining smoking cessation interventions with LDCT lung cancer screening: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine 2019 Apr 10;121:24-32.
E-Cigarettes—Social Media
McCausland K, Maycock B, Leaver T, Jancey J. The messages presented in electronic cigarette-related social media promotions and discussion: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019 Feb 5;21(2):e11953.
Tobacco Control
Enns JE, Halas G, Rothney J, Cohen B, Schultz AS, Holmqvist M, et al. A scoping review of foci, trends, and gaps in reviews of tobacco control research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2019 Feb 2.
Tobacco Industry—Litter
Araújo MCB, Costa MF. A critical review of the issue of cigarette butt pollution in coastal environments. Environmental Research 2019 May 4;172:137-49.
Recent Work by Canadian Researchers
Health Effects—Accidents
Pederson LL, Koval J, Vingilis E, Seeley J, Ialomiteanu AR, Wickens CM, et al. The relationship between motor vehicle collisions and cigarette smoking in Ontario: Analysis of CAMH survey data from 2002 to 2016. Preventive Medicine Reports 2019 Mar;13:327-31.
Initiation—School Policies
Cole AG, Aleyan S, Qian W, Leatherdale ST. Assessing the strength of secondary school tobacco policies of schools in the COMPASS study and the association to student smoking behaviours. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2019 Jan 31.
Tobacco Industry—Contraband
Smith J, Thompson S, Lee K. ‘Both Sides of the Argument’? A critical review of existing evidence on the illicit trade in tobacco products in Canada. Tobacco Control 2019 Feb 15;tobaccocontrol-2018-054687.
Tobacco Industry—Retail
Callard CD, Collishaw N. Cigarette pricing 1 year after new restrictions on tobacco industry retailer programmes in Quebec, Canada. Tobacco Control 2019 Feb 15;tobaccocontrol-2018-054516.
Tobacco Industry—Taxation
Guindon GE, Mishra S, Sudhir J, Chaloupka FJ, Jha P, Li DX, et al. Visualizing data: Trends in smoking tobacco prices and taxes in India. Gates Open Research 2019 Jan 17;3:8.