August 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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Hot Topics
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher and colleagues release a controversial study finding strong associations between youth smoking, e-cigarette use and COVID-19.
E-Cigarettes—COVID
Gaiha SM, Cheng J, Halpern-Felsher B. Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Journal of Adolescent Health. Published online August 11, 2020:1-5. [Epub ahead of print].
Reviews
Cigarettes—COVID
Sanchez-Ramirez DC, Mackey D. Underlying respiratory diseases, specifically COPD, and smoking are associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory Medicine. 2020;171:106096.
Prevention—Policy
Bafunno D, Catino A, Lamorgese V, et al. Impact of tobacco control interventions on smoking initiation, cessation, and prevalence: a systematic review. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2020;12(7):3844-3856.
Recent Work by Canadian Researchers
Cigarettes—COVID
Bommelé J, Hopman P, Hipple Walters B, Geboers C, Croes E, Fong G, Quah A, Willemsen M. The double-edged relationship between COVID-19 stress and smoking: Implications for smoking cessation. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2020;18(July). FREE
Cessation—Hospital-Based
Smith PM, Seamark LD, Beck K. Integration of an evidence-based tobacco cessation program into a substance use disorders program to enhance equity of treatment access for northern, rural, and remote communities. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2020;10(3):555-564. FREE
E-Cigarettes—Pre-Natal
Jamshed L, Perono GA, Jamshed S, Holloway AC. Early life exposure to nicotine: Postnatal metabolic, neurobehavioral and metabolic outcomes and the development of childhood cancers. Toxicological Sciences. Published online August 7, 2020. [Epub ahead of print].
Prevention—E-Cigarettes
Cole AG, Aleyan S, Battista K, Leatherdale ST. Trends in youth e-cigarette and cigarette use between 2013 and 2019: insights from repeat cross-sectional data from the COMPASS study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Published online August 17, 2020. [Epub ahead of print].
Richmond SA, Pike I, Maguire JL, Macpherson A. E-cigarettes: A new hazard for children and adolescents. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2018;23(4):255-259.
Prevention—School Settings
Dilliott D, Fazel S, Ehsan N, Sibbald SL. 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 & Cessation. 2020;6(August):47. FREE
Tobacco Industry—Harm Reduction
Dewhirst T. Co-optation of harm reduction by Big Tobacco. Tobacco Control. Published online August 12, 2020:tobaccocontrol-2020-056059. [Epub ahead of print].