July 2021

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

Cessation—Pharmacological

A large, randomized control trial in Australia found that cytisine was equivalent to varenicline in a smoking cessation trial suggests that cystisine—a much cheaper drug than varenicline with fewer side effects—could play an important role in smoking cessation systems.

Courtney RJ, McRobbie H, Tutka P, Weaver NA, Petrie D, Mendelsohn CP, et al. Effect of cytisine vs varenicline on smoking cessation. JAMA. 2021 Jul 6;326(1):56.

Industry—Flavours

Menthol cigarette smokers were 50% less likely to be abstinent at 12 months compared to non-menthol cigarette smokers, suggesting that removing menthol can improve menthol cigarette smokers’ success in smoking cessation.

Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, Strong DR, Pierce JP. Effects of menthol use and transitions in use on short-term and long-term cessation from cigarettes among US smokers. Tobacco Control. 2021 Jul 6;tobaccocontrol-2021-056596. [Epub]

Reviews

Cessation—Comorbidities

Guo K, Li J, Li J, Chen N, Li Y, Yang K, et al. The effects of pharmacological interventions on smoking cessation in people with alcohol dependence: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of nine randomized controlled trials. International Journal Clinical Practice. 2021 Jul 16. [Epub]

Health Effects—Suicide

Echeverria I, Cotaina M, Jovani A, Mora R, Haro G, Benito A. Proposal for the inclusion of tobacco use in suicide risk scales: Results of a meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health. 2021 Jun 5;18(11):6103. FREE

Industry—Global

Munthali GNC, Wu X-L, Rizwan M, Daru GR, Shi Y. Assessment of tobacco control policy instruments, status and effectiveness in Africa: A systematic literature review. Risk Management Healthcare Policy. 2021 Jul;Volume 14:2913–27. FREE

Industry—Waterpipe

Bashirian S, Barati M, Karami M, Hamzeh B, Afshari M, Ezati E. Determinants of waterpipe smoking among women: A systematic review. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021;12(1):25. FREE

Prevention—E-Cigarettes

Adermark L, Galanti MR, Ryk C, Gilljam H, Hedman L. Prospective association between use of electronic cigarettes and use of conventional cigarettes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ERJ Open Research. 2021 Jul 3;7(3):00976–2020. FREE

Protection—Disparities

Janjani H, Nabizadeh R, Kashani H, Shamsipour M, Aghaei M, Yunesian M. Spatiotemporal variability of exposure to secondhand smoke in Iran during 2009–2020: A Systematic Review. Environmental Science Pollution Research. 2021 Jul 10. [Epub]

Canadian

E-Cigarettes—Prevalence

East KA, Reid JL, Hammond D. Smoking and vaping among Canadian youth and adults in 2017 and 2019. Tobacco Control. 2021 Jul 16;tobaccocontrol-2021-056605. [Epub]