Introduction Many countries removed misleading descriptors (eg, ‘light,’ ‘mild’) from cigarette packaging because they falsely conveyed messages of reduced risk. It is unclear if relabelled products ...

Background India’s 2017 Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform standardised tax rates nationwide, replacing varying state-level value-added taxes (VAT) with a tiered GST structure that applied the ...

Introduction Young adults new to tobacco (including e-cigarettes) are at an increased risk of e-cigarette use after e-cigarette exposure. This study examined the association between noticing ...

Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-week ...

Smoking is an important public health concern. This study is the first that attempts to estimate the economic cost of smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home in Thailand. Method A ...

Background Tobacco companies employ various advertising methods, including immersive consumer experiences and cultural imagery, to promote their products. To our knowledge, no prior studies have ...

Background Use of heated tobacco products (HTPs), which were first launched in Japan, has been rapidly spreading worldwide. The present study aimed to investigate whether HTP use was associated with ...

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide, projected to claim 1 billion lives in the twenty-first century.1 Tobacco prevalence rates are expected to decrease across all the ...

In India, nearly 29% of adults (over 42% of men and 14% of women) aged 15 or above use tobacco daily or occasionally.1 Out of 100 million smokers, nearly 40 million smoke cigarettes. ITC (British ...

Social justice recognises the need for the ‘the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society’.1 According to the United Nations, social justice is an underlying principle for ...

E-cigarettes with cooling flavours have diversified in ways that complicate tobacco control with the emergence of: (1) Ice-hybrid flavours (eg, ‘Raspberry Ice’) that combine cooling and fruity/sweet ...