August 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. Get Current Abstracts delivered directly to your inbox every month by signing up for our Monthly Emailer. Full text is available where indicated, otherwise, a fee may be required.

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Cessation—Treatment

University of Toronto and CAMH scientists review the evidence on tobacco addiction and treatment for the New England Journal of Medicine.

Selby P, Zawertailo L. Tobacco Addiction. Solomon CG, ed. N Engl J Med. 2022;387(4):345-354.

Industry—Advertising

Johns Hopkins researchers conducted a worldwide survey of tobacco retail outlets and find substantial evidence of targeting youth.

Brown JL, Rosen D, Carmona MG, Parra N, Hurley M, Cohen JE. Spinning a global web: tactics used by Big Tobacco to attract children at tobacco points-of-sale. Tob Control. 2022;0:tobaccocontrol-2021-057095. FREE

Industry—Flavours

An evaluation of the impact of the menthol ban in Massachusetts found that the ban results in nearly a complete reduction in sales of menthol as well as declines in overall cigarette consumption.

Kingsley M, McGinnes H, Song G, Doane J, Henley P. Impact of Massachusetts’ Statewide Sales Restriction on Flavored and Menthol Tobacco Products on Tobacco Sales in Massachusetts and Surrounding States, June 2020. Am J Public Health. 2022;112(8):1147-1150.

Systematic Reviews

Cessation—Behavioural Interventions

Rasmussen M, Lauridsen SV, Pedersen B, Backer V, Tønnesen H. Intensive versus short face-to-face smoking cessation interventions: a meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev. 2022;31(165):220063.

Ichimiya M, Gerard R, Mills S, Brodsky A, Cantrell J, Evans WD. The Measurement of Dose and Response for Smoking Behavior Change Interventions in the Digital Age: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2022;24(8):e38470. FREE

Cessation—Health Effects

Wu AD, Lindson N, Hartmann-Boyce J, et al. Smoking cessation for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022;2022(8).

Cessation—Pharmacological Interventions

Zaso MJ, Hendershot CS. Effects of varenicline and bupropion on laboratory smoking outcomes: Meta‐analysis of randomized, placebo‐controlled human laboratory studies. Addict Biol. 2022;27(5).

E-Cigarettes—Advertising

Lyu JC, Huang P, Jiang N, Ling PM. A Systematic Review of E-Cigarette Marketing Communication: Messages, Communication Channels, and Strategies. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(15):9263. FREE

E-Cigarettes—Use

Han G, Son H. A systematic review of socio-ecological factors influencing current e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults. Addict Behav. 2022;135:107425.

Prevention—School-Based

Wolfenden L, McCrabb S, Barnes C, et al. Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022;2022(8).

Canadian

Cessation—Pharmacological Interventions

Veldhuizen S, Zawertailo L, Hussain S, Voci S, Selby P. Can nicotine replacement therapy be personalized? A statistical learning analysis. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022;141:108847.

Industry—Advertising

Dewhirst T. Lucky Strike advertising: the use of ‘anaphora’ as a rhetorical device to highlight ‘smooth’ as a cigarette product descriptor. Tob Control. Published online August 11, 2022:tobaccocontrol-2022-057517.

Industry—Health Warnings

Tam J, Jeon J, Thrasher JF, et al. Estimated Prevalence of Smoking and Smoking-Attributable Mortality Associated With Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packages in the US From 2022 to 2100. JAMA Heal Forum. 2021;2(9):e212852. FREE

Smoking—Co-Use

Gravely S, Driezen P, McClure EA, et al. Differences between adults who smoke cigarettes daily and do and do not co-use cannabis: Findings from the 2020 ITC four country smoking and vaping survey. Addict Behav. 2022;135:107434.

Tobacco—Health Effects

Choe S-I, Finley C. Confronting the Negative Impact of Cigarette Smoking on Cancer Surgery. Curr Oncol. 2022;29(8):5869-5874. FREE

Laviolette SR. Understanding the Association of Childhood Tobacco Use With Neuropathological Outcomes and Cognitive Performance Deficits in Vulnerable Brains. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(8):e2226001. FREE

McGrath JJC, Rebuli ME, Cass SP, Loeb M, Jaspers I. Smoking and e-cigarette use: key variables in testing IgA-oriented intranasal vaccines. Lancet Respir Med. Published online August 2, 2022.