February 2023

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.

OTRU

OTRU analysed the Vaping Dependence Cohort to demonstrate that vaping is associated with increased respiratory symptoms among youth and young adult never smokers. Heavy e-cigarette users reported a level of respiratory symptoms consistent with non-vaping daily smokers.

E-Cigarettes—Health Effects

Chaiton M, Pienkowski M, Musani I, et al. Smoking, e-cigarettes and the effect on respiratory symptoms among a population sample of youth: Retrospective cohort study. Tob Induc Dis. 2023;21:08. doi:10.18332/tid/156839

Hot Topics

Industry—FCTC

Cancer Council of Australia argues in Respirology for a new Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that includes e-cigarettes, arguing that the landscape for tobacco control has shifted since the FCTC was negotiated.

Buchanan T, Lindorff K, Carson-Chahhoud K. E-cigarette regulation: Is it time for a new Framework Convention on Tobacco Control? Respirology. 2023;28(3):220-222. doi:10.1111/resp.14466

Industry—Taxation

STOP at the University of Bath released a report on the tobacco industry’s responses to tax increases and describes 6 techniques that have been used world wide to circumvent and undermine taxation policy including differential tax shifting; introducing new brands, segments or products; price discrimination and price-related promotions; price smoothing; shrinkflation; and changing product attributes or production processes.

STOP. A Global Tobacco Industry Watchdog. The Price We Pay: Six Industry Pricing Strategies That Undermine Life-Saving Tobacco Taxes. February 20, 2023. Accessed February 27, 2023. PDF

Reviews

Cessation—Mental Illness

Davies K, Courtney RJ, Summersby-Mitchell M, Morell R, Briggs N, Lappin JM. A systematic review of factors associated with sustained smoking abstinence in people experiencing severe mental illness following participation in a smoking intervention. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. Published online February 6, 2023:48674221147206. doi:10.1177/00048674221147206

De Micheli A, Provenzani U, Solmi M, et al. Prevalence of tobacco smoking in people at clinical high-risk for psychosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophr Res. 2023;254:109-115. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.008

Cessation—Psychological

Perski O, Kwasnicka D, Kale D, et al. Within-person associations between psychological and contextual factors and lapse incidence in smokers attempting to quit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Ecological Momentary Assessment studies. Addiction. Published online February 20, 2023. doi:10.1111/add.16173

E-Cigarettes—Health Effects

Travis N, Knoll M, Cook S, et al. Chemical Profiles and Toxicity of Electronic Cigarettes: An Umbrella Review and Methodological Considerations. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(3):1908. doi:10.3390/ijerph20031908

Prevention—Hookah

Yu Z, Wang M, Fu J. Association between waterpipe use and susceptibility to cigarette smoking among adolescents and young adults who never smoked: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Tob Induc Dis. 2023;21:29. doi:10.18332/tid/159621

Canadian

Cessation—Biological Factors

Chenoweth MJ, Lerman C, Knight J, Tyndale RF. Influence of CYP2A6 genetic variation, nicotine dependence severity, and treatment on smoking cessation success. Nicotine Tob Res. Published online February 15, 2023:ntac268. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntac268.

Cessation—Mental Illness

Veldhuizen S, Behal A, Zawertailo L, Melamed O, Agarwal M, Selby P. Outcomes Among People With Schizophrenia Participating in General-Population Smoking Cessation Treatment: An Observational Study. Can J Psychiatry. Published online February 9, 2023:7067437231155693. doi:10.1177/07067437231155693

Cessation—Pharmaceutical

Veldhuizen S, Behal A, Zawertailo L, Selby P. Adequacy of nicotine replacement and success quitting tobacco in clinical populations: An observational study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023;244:109796. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109796

E-Cigarettes—Dependence

Lohner V, McNeill A, Schneider S, et al. Understanding perceived addiction to and addictiveness of electronic cigarettes among electronic cigarette users: a cross-sectional analysis of the International Tobacco Control Smoking and Vaping (ITC 4CV) England Survey. Addiction. Published online February 11, 2023. doi:10.1111/add.16162

E-Cigarettes—Prevalence

Wiley ER, Seabrook JA. Nicotine and Nicotine-Free Vaping Behavior among a Sample of Canadian High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Children (Basel). 2023;10(2):368. doi:10.3390/children10020368

Health Effects—Cigarettes

Tam J, Levy DT, Feuer EJ, Jeon J, Holford TR, Meza R. Using the Past to Understand the Future of U.S. and Global Smoking Disparities: A Birth Cohort Perspective. Am J Prev Med. Published online February 11, 2023:S0749-3797(22)00554-2. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2022.12.003