May 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.

OTRU and Hot Topics

Industry—Flavours

OTRU and the University of Waterloo conducted a pooled analysis of their cohort examining the impact of the menthol ban in Canada. This paper was published on the day that the FDA announced regulations for regulating menthol in tobacco in the US and provided estimates on the potential impact of the ban projecting that the number of smokers who would quit after a US menthol ban would be 789,724 daily smokers (including 199 732 African Americans) and 1,337,988 daily and non-daily smokers (including 381,272 African Americans). Fong GT, Chung-Hall J, Meng G, et al. Impact of Canada’s Menthol Cigarette Ban on Quitting Among Menthol Smokers: Pooled Analysis of Pre–Post Evaluation from the ITC Project and the Ontario Menthol Ban Study and Projections of Impact in the USA. Tob Control. Published online April 28, 2022:tobaccocontrol-2021-057227.

Reviews

Cessation—Cancer Settings

Caini S, Del Riccio M, Vettori V, et al. Quitting Smoking At or Around Diagnosis Improves the Overall Survival of Lung Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Thorac Oncol. 2022;17(5):623-636.

Cessation—TMS

Petit B, Dornier A, Meille V, Demina A, Trojak B. Non‐invasive brain stimulation for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction. Published online April 25, 2022.

Health Effects—E-Cigarettes

Pesce P, Menini M, Ugo G, Bagnasco F, Dioguardi M, Troiano G. Evaluation of periodontal indices among non-smokers, tobacco, and e-cigarette smokers: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Clin Oral Investig. Published online May 13, 2022.

Prevalence—Incarceration Settings

Alokan DS, Kabir Z. Tobacco Use Among People Incarcerated in Western Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Tob Use Insights. 2022;15:1179173X2210966.

Canadian

Cessation—Behaviour Interventions

Ghatak A, Gilman S, Carney S, Gonzalez A V, Benedetti A, Ezer N. Smoking Cessation by Phone Counselling in a Lung Cancer Screening Program: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study. Ruano-Ravina A, ed. Can Respir J. 2022;2022:1-7.

Cessation—Cancer Settings

Evans WK, Warren GW, Dresler C. Ignoring the Obvious: Smoking Cessation Improves Survival. J Thorac Oncol. 2022;17(5):596-598.

Cessation—E-Cigarettes

Gravely S, Meng G, Hammond D, et al. Differences in cigarette smoking quit attempts and cessation between adults who did and did not take up nicotine vaping: Findings from the ITC four country smoking and vaping surveys. Addict Behav. 2022;132:107339.

Health Effects—E-Cigarettes

Nguyen H V., Mital S. Effects of E‐cigarette Use on Mental Health Among Youths: Quasi‐experimental Evidence from Canada. Addiction. Published online May 20, 2022.

Industry—Flavours

East KA, Reid JL, Burkhalter R, et al. Evaluating the Outcomes of the Menthol Cigarette Ban in England by Comparing Menthol Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in England, Canada, and the US, 2018-2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(5):e2210029.

Industry—Health Warnings

Usidame B, Meng G, Thrasher JF, Thompson ME, Fong GT, Fleischer NL. The Differential Impact of the 2000 Canadian Graphic Warning Label Policy on Smoking Prevalence by Sex and Education: A Difference-In-Difference-In-Difference Model. Nicotine Tob Res. Published online May 10, 2022.