Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal

Understanding the Role of Numeracy and Education in Perceptions of E-Cigarette Harm and Chemical Exposure Implications Findings underscore the need to better understand how cognitive factors like numeracy shape tobacco decision-making, especially given the evol

Objective numeracy may play a significant role in beliefs about the level of harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes versus cigarettes, find Destiny Diaz et al.

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Barriers to effective smoking cessation support for pregnant women with mental illness include prioritising mental illness over smoking cessation advice and a pessimistic view that this population would struggle to quit smoking, find Ellie Jones et al.

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Current vaping research – is there a middle ground?

Editorial by Editor in Chief Catlin Notley

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Comparison of the 1C2 Reference Filtered Cigar to the 1R6F Reference Filtered Cigarette AbstractIntroduction. Filtered cigars are a class of tobacco products that can be consumed similarly as conventional cigarettes. Here we have compared toba

Some commercial filtered cigars may have at least as strong toxic effects as conventional cigarettes, find Amrita Machwe et al.

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News Coverage of the Proposed Menthol Cigarette Ban in the United States (2022-2024) – a Content Analysis IMPLICATIONS Our findings suggest that message amplification about the rationale for menthol cigarette policies, enforcement plans, and tobacco company inv

News about the proposed US menthol cigarette ban more frequently referenced concerns about criminalization in Black communities than intended enforcement plans or industry-funded anti-ban efforts, find Olivia Wackowski et al.

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Comprehensive Dose–Response Assessment Can Improve the Precision and Accuracy of Cross-Sectional Studies of Dual–Use Gal Cohen, PhD, Steven Cook, PhD, Arielle Selya, PhD; Comprehensive Dose–Response Assessment Can Improve the Precision and Accuracy of Cross-Sectional Stud

Comprehensive Dose–Response Assessment Can Improve the Precision and Accuracy of Cross-Sectional Studies of Dual–Use

Commentary by Gal Cohen et al.

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Estimating the Expected Health and Economic Benefits of Price Increases Via Taxation to Counter the Dual Combustible and Smokeless Tobacco Epidemics in India AbstractIntroduction. Tobacco use is a major global health risk, causing over eight million deaths annually. The World Health Organization Framework Conven

Increasing tobacco taxes in India by 50% could avert 1.8 million deaths (~9.8% of tobacco-attributable deaths over 10 years) and 66.8 million healthy life-years lost over 10 years, find Ariel Bardach et al.

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Tobacco Control Polices: China’s Progress, Challenges and Path Forward Mingzhong Wan, Hengchi Chen, Hang Yi; Tobacco Control Polices: China’s Progress, Challenges and Path Forward, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, , ntag020, https

Tobacco Control Polices: China’s Progress, Challenges and Path Forward

Commentary by Mingzhong Wan et al.

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Waterpipe Smoking Among Japanese Teens and Young Adults: an Emerging Public Health Concern AbstractIntroduction. Waterpipe (shisha) smoking has gained popularity among teens and young adults and is now prevalent in Japan. Yet, waterpipe smoking i

One in ten teens and young adults in Japan report waterpipe smoking, find Sora Yamasaki et al.

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Community-based efforts alongside more holistic approaches could maximise stop smoking service uptake among lower socioeconomic groups across the UK, find Pamela Smith et al.

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Receipt and Use of Tobacco Product Coupons Among Adults Who Use Cigarettes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco: Reasons for Use and Association With Subsequent Tobacco Product Purchases AbstractIntroduction. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of receipt and use of discount coupons for cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, a

In the US, adults who use tobacco often receive and use coupons for multiple tobacco products, find McKinley Saunders et al., illustrating how tobacco companies cross-market products.

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Vaping Goes Viral: The Role of Commercial E-Cigarette Tweets in Youth E-Cigarette Use Susceptibility IMPLICATION This study demonstrates that commercial e-cigarette content on social media is associated with increased susceptibility to e-cigarette use amon

Greater potential exposure to commercial e-cigarette content on X/Twitter is associated with increased odds of youth susceptibility to e-cigarette use, find Ganna Kostygina et al.

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The Public Health Impacts of Flavored Cigar Bans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Implications Overall, findings from this review suggest that flavored cigar bans may reduce tobacco use and have the potential to improve public health, bu

Flavored cigar bans may reduce cigar use and improve public health when policies are comprehensive and well-enforced, finds systematic review by Frantasia Hill et al.

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Patterns of ENDS-Related Content Exposure on Social Media Among US Adolescents and Young Adults AbstractIntroduction. Many US adolescents and young adults (AYA) are exposed to electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)–related content regularly throu

ENDS-related content on social media is not uniform, and exposure varies considerably by source, theme, and frequency, find Jessica Mongilio et al.

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Squeezing Tobacco Retail Density Between 2000 and 2020 an Analysis of an Australian Tobacco Sellers Register AbstractIntroduction. Research indicates that high tobacco retail density is associated with smoking in children, adults, and during pregnancy. Despite thi

Government tobacco control laws and licence fees significantly reduced retailer density in Tasmania (2000–2019), positioning licensing schemes as a key mechanism to monitor and restrict tobacco availability, find Veronica Martin-Gall et al.

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Experience and Perceptions of Perinatal Smoke Exposure among Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel AbstractIntroduction. Secondhand smoke exposure remains a public health concern, particularly for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women. In the ult

Cultural and religious norms shape perinatal smoke exposure among ultra-Orthodox women in Israel, find Hila Videl & Ilana Chertok

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Identifying Key Predictors of Smoking Cessation Success: Text-Based Feature Selection Using a Large Language Model AbstractIntroduction. The most effective way to reduce mortality and morbidity among current smokers is to quit smoking. Although about half of smokers att

Large language models such as GPT-4.1 can identify key predictors of 12-month smoking abstinence using only survey variable descriptions, not survey data, find Thuy Le et al.

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Estimating the Size of Illicit Cigarette Trade and Tax Evasion in Zambia: Results from the Empty Pack Survey Method AbstractIntroduction. Illicit cigarette trade has significant economic and public health implications. It leads to Governments’ tax revenue losses due to t

Around one in eight cigarettes sold on the Zambian market are illicit, find Cosmas Zyambo et al.

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Why Adolescents Choose to Stop or Never Start Vaping: Evidence from South Africa IMPLICATIONS As adolescent e-cigarette use rises, gaps in knowledge to fuel intervention and prevention strategies remain. The prominence of health and add

Health and addiction concerns drive most South African adolescents to avoid or quit vaping, find Asya Van Den Bosch et al.

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Indoor Air Pollutants of PM2.5, Carbon Monoxide, Nicotine, and Carcinogens in Waterpipe Bars AbstractIntroduction. Waterpipe smoking has become popular in East Asia and other regions. However, few studies have investigated the indoor air quality, i

Air samples from waterpipe bars in Hong Kong show very high levels of PM2.5, carbon monoxide, nicotine, and carcinogens such as Benzo[a]pyrene and Formaldehyde, especially on weekends, find Jung Jae Lee et al.

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A Review of the Environmental Impacts of Post-Consumer Electronic Cigarette Waste and Disposal AbstractIntroduction. The dramatic rise of e-cigarette use has raised significant environmental concerns, largely due to unclear disposal guidance from man

E-cigarettes pose environmental risks and consumer disposal practices are often unsafe and ineffective, finds review by Kameron Iturralde et al.

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Cytisine achieves superior six-month smoking quit rates compared with nicotine replacement therapy in routine clinical practice, find Aysegul Erinc et al.

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Commentary Paper on Cooling Flavors in Cigarette and Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products Menthol is a tobacco additive with strong sensory properties and analgesic effects shown to dampen the aversive or irritating effects of tobacco use1,2; th

Commentary Paper on Cooling Flavors In Cigarette and Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

Commentary by Maansi Bansal-Travers et al.

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Educational Disparities of Daily Smoking in Estonia: an Age-Period-Cohort Approach AbstractIntroduction. This study analyses the educational disparities in daily smoking (DS) by age, period and cohort during 1996–2022 in Estonia.Methods.

In Estonia, relative disparities in smoking between educational groups are widening for both males and females, finds age-period-cohort study by Aleksei Baburin et al.

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Health Hazards of E-Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products: a Comprehensive Analysis of Hazardous Substances and Regulatory Gaps AbstractIntroduction. During use of Electronic Cigarettes (ECs) and Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), their ingredients and products formed during heating ar

Study by Maya Bouz et al. identifies and classifies 1740 substances found in the ingredients and emissions of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, including 134 hazardous chemicals.

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Tobacco Control in Botswana: Effectiveness of Tax Changes in Reducing Tobacco Demand AbstractIntroduction. Botswana has one of the highest adult tobacco-use rates in the WHO African Region. Despite measures and policies put in place to cont

In Botswana, a 10% increase in the price of cigarettes will reduce cigarette demand by 8.6% among smokers, suggests research by Tshepiso Gaetsewe & Goitseone Khanie.

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Serum vitamin C levels in users of electronic cigarettes, cigarette smokers and nonsmokers AbstractIntroduction. The health effects from vaping electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) aerosols relative to smoking cigarettes is an area of active study.

In NHANES 2017-2018, blood vitamin C levels were similar in e-cigarette users and cigarette smokers, and lower than in nonsmokers, find Wenxue Lin et al.

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Switching from Cigarettes to E-Cigarettes and Oral Nicotine Pouches in Adults With Low-Income Who Smoke: Qualitative Findings From A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial AbstractIntroduction. Adults with low-income (LI) are more likely to smoke. Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems (ANDS) like electronic cigarettes (EC) an

E-cigarettes and oral nicotine pouches are acceptable among low-income adults who smoke daily and may potentially help with reducing cigarette use, find Dale Dagar Maglalang et al.

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Recent Trends in Cigarette and HTP Use in Japan: A Scoping Review AbstractIntroduction. The emergence and rapid increase in sales and use of heated tobacco products (HTPs) in Japan provides a unique case study of their vi

Heated tobacco product use likely contributed to declines in cigarette use in Japan from 2015-2018, though recent trends are less conclusive, finds scoping review by Mona Issabakhsh et al.

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