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{"title":"Cigarette packs as advertising channels to promote heated tobacco products in South Korea.","authors":"Eunsil Cheon, Seulgi Kim, Susan Park, Steve Shaowei Xu, Anne C K Quah, Sung-Il Cho, Heewon Kang","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059227","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tc-2024-059227","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212920/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advertising the leading US nicotine pouch brand: a content analysis of ZYN advertisements from 2019 to 2023.","authors":"Joanne Chen Lyu, Jenny E Ozga, Cassandra A Stanton, Mary Hrywna, Ollie Ganz, Jennifer Cornacchione Ross, Akshika Sharma, Pamela M Ling","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059145","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tc-2024-059145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>ZYN is the leading nicotine pouch brand and a predominant driver of nicotine pouch advertising. In November 2022, Philip Morris International (PMI) acquired Swedish Match, the manufacturer of ZYN.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a content analysis of 207 US-based consumer-facing ZYN advertisements (ads) from January 2019 to June 2023 to delineate the characteristics of ZYN ads and compare them before and after Swedish Match was acquired by PMI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most ZYN ads were on digital media, and nearly all included information on nicotine strength and flavour. Peppermint was the most advertised flavour across time. After the acquisition, ZYN ads included significantly fewer 'tobacco-free' claims, whereas 'spit-free' claims significantly increased. The most common marketing claims were that multiple choices of products were available, followed by easy to buy, change, sales success, ability to use anywhere and improved social interaction before and after the acquisition. The percentages of ads with easy to buy, change and sales success claims, reward programmes and those linked to websites significantly increased after the acquisition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>After PMI acquired Swedish Match, ZYN ads used 'tobacco-free' claims less frequently. The most advertised marketing claims remained unchanged but were made more frequently in post-acquisition ads. Such claims, together with the promotion of reward programmes and links to websites for easy purchase, may attract young people or those who do not use tobacco to ZYN, indicating a need for increased monitoring and potential restrictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144035831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"'I'm sure within 5 minutes I can find someone that will be selling it': qualitative insights into how social media facilitates the sale of banned flavoured tobacco products.","authors":"Jill M Singer, Elizabeth G Klein, Micah L Berman, Jeffrey J Wing, Megan E Roberts","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-058937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2020, Massachusetts became the first state in the USA to restrict the sale of flavoured tobacco products. One demographic group that is disproportionately impacted by flavoured tobacco use is young people. This study explored how Massachusetts' flavour restriction impacted young adults and the ways that flavoured tobacco products were acquired after policy implementation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between January and March 2024, we conducted 15 virtual, semistructured qualitative interviews with young adults (aged 19-29) who were living in Massachusetts and who reported ever using a flavoured tobacco product. The interview guide included questions about personal tobacco use, awareness of the flavour restriction policy and accessing flavoured tobacco products. After interviews were transcribed and coded, themes were identified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 1 out of 15 participants believed that it would be hard for them to acquire flavoured tobacco products with Massachusetts' policy in place. Social sources were a common way participants reported getting flavoured tobacco products and one-third of participants mentioned seeing them sold on social media platforms. Snapchat was the most frequently reported platform; participants described the 'easy' process of connecting with sellers on Snapchat and how 'openly' people listed the products they had for sale.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite Massachusetts implementing a comprehensive flavoured tobacco restriction (FTR), young adults report being able to access flavoured tobacco products with ease. Snapchat was the social media platform that participants brought up frequently to find people selling flavoured tobacco products. Preventing the sale of flavoured tobacco products through Snapchat and other social sources will be critical for Massachusetts' FTR to have its intended impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of heated tobacco products on biomarkers of potential harm and adverse events: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Sophie Braznell, Sarah Dance, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anna Gilmore","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematically review available data on the effects of heated tobacco products (HTPs) on biomarkers of potential harm (BoPH) and adverse events, including comparison to cigarettes, e-cigarettes and smoking abstinence.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Web of Science, Scopus, MedRxiv, ClinicalTrials.gov, ICTRP database and HTP manufacturer libraries were searched from January 2010 to December 2024.</p><p><strong>Study selection: </strong>Included studies were interventional clinical trials of any design that measured BoPH or adverse events in adults assigned a marketed HTP and another assigned either cigarettes, e-cigarettes or smoking abstinence.</p><p><strong>Data extraction: </strong>Two reviewers independently extracted data into a predesigned form and assessed risk of bias using Cochrane's Risk of Bias tool version 1.</p><p><strong>Data synthesis: </strong>BoPH data were synthesised using effect direction plots. A random-effects model was used to calculate pooled risk ratios for adverse event data. 40 studies (10 independent, 29 industry-affiliated and 1 of unclear affiliation) were included. Only nine studies lasted longer than 5 days. 19 involved using the intervention just once. Risk of bias was high for 32 studies and unclear for 8. Data on 143 BoPH indicated short-term HTP use had mixed effects compared with cigarettes, e-cigarettes and smoking abstinence. The rate of adverse event reporting was not significantly different between HTP and any comparator group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite a growing evidence base, significant limitations hinder interpretation of the data, which do not yet provide clear indication of harm or benefit, even compared with cigarettes. Longer, better quality studies independent of tobacco industry funding are needed to determine the health impacts of HTPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144033477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tobacco industry influence on breast cancer research, policy and public opinion: scoping the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.","authors":"Eileen Han, Eric Crosbie, Pamela Ling, Sara Perez, Huma Khan, Robert Hiatt, Cristin Kearns","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-058724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Over the last 35 years, there has been growing evidence suggesting a relationship between tobacco use and breast cancer. The tobacco industry's role in shaping research, policy and public opinion about the relationship is unknown. This study's objective is to determine if the tobacco industry-funded Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) Records and the Tobacco Institute (TI) Records, housed in the Truth Tobacco Industry Document Archive, contain documents related to internal research about breast cancer and strategies to influence the science and public opinion about breast cancer causes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We applied the situational scoping method, in which community advocates and university researchers collaborate, to (1) identify external events considered by CTR or TI as a threat or opportunity to business interests; (2) select events for further analysis and (3) conduct social worlds/arenas mapping of industry responses to selected events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CTR and TI Records contained 19 719 documents with the search term 'breast cancer' ranging from the 1950s to 1998. We analysed nine events relevant to the aim of this research. CTR and TI responded to external threats, pointing out methodological problems in studies they perceived as threatening, or characterising lung cancer as misdiagnosed or metastasised breast cancer. They responded to external opportunities with promoting and funding research focusing on smoking's 'protective effects' over breast cancer, and breast cancer's genetic, hormonal and dietary causes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The CTR and TI Records are a rich source of documents related to tobacco industry efforts to influence breast cancer research, policy and public opinion away from any aetiologic relationship between tobacco use and breast cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial incentives for smoking cessation among (expectant) parents: a systematic review of facilitators and barriers to implementation.","authors":"Linda van der Spek, Leonieke J Breunis, Tessa Scheffers-van Schayck, Linda Bauld, Erwin Ista, Jasper V Been","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Financial incentives, provided following validated smoking cessation, hold substantial potential to cost-effectively promote cessation. To facilitate wider adoption, we systematically reviewed evidence addressing the barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of incentive-based smoking cessation interventions among (expectant) parents.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>We conducted a systematic search to identify scientific and grey literature across nine electronic databases, from inception to 15 August 2024. Search terms included combinations of \"smoking cessation\", \"incentive\", \"pregnancy\", \"preconception\" and \"parent\".</p><p><strong>Study selection: </strong>Eligible records reported and reflected on the implementation of smoking cessation programmes with incentives for (expectant) parents. Inclusion criteria were applied by two reviewers independently, with discrepancies resolved through consensus. Of 1100 unique records identified, 37 met inclusion criteria.</p><p><strong>Data extraction: </strong>Characteristics of the studies, interventions, incentives and implementation, along with barriers and facilitators, were independently extracted by two reviewers. Thematic analysis identified barriers and facilitators. Subgroup analysis explored patterns specific to lower socioeconomic populations.</p><p><strong>Data synthesis: </strong>Studies reported on implementation in the USA (n=18), UK (n=10), Australia (n=4), the Netherlands (n=2), New Zealand (n=1), France (n=1) and international contexts (n=1). Barriers included misalignment with participants' context and resources, recruitment and retention challenges, limited reliability of abstinence verification and high resource demands. Facilitators included ensuring acceptability, accessibility, feasibility, funding and integration into health services.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With the cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation among (expectant) parents already well-documented, this first systematic synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to implementing them in daily practice offers valuable guidance for advancing implementation efforts.</p><p><strong>Prospero registration number: </strong>2023:CRD42023407648.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143983060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Depictions of tobacco and e-cigarettes in popular US, French and German music videos.","authors":"Reiner Hanewinkel, Clemens Neumann, Matthis Morgenstern","doi":"10.1136/tc-2025-059318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How state and local affirmative litigation can rein in illicit flavoured e-cigarettes.","authors":"Kevin R J Schroth, Eric Proshansky","doi":"10.1136/tc-2025-059284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144047954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regional disparities in Japan's progress towards the Health Japan 21 smoking reduction target.","authors":"Hasan Jamil, Stuart Gilmour, Kota Katanoda, Kayo Togawa","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Japan's 'Health Japan 21' initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study evaluates the probability of meeting this target at both national and prefectural levels by estimating and comparing prevalence trends.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using crude smoking prevalence data from 2001 to 2022 for the whole nation and across Japan's 47 prefectures, we used Bayesian linear regression to project future smoking trends up to 2100. We calculated the posterior probabilities of each prefecture achieving the target by 2032 and projected the timeline for meeting this target. We defined 'meeting the target' as having a 60% or higher probability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nationally, 2022 smoking prevalence was 16.09%, accompanied by an annual reduction rate of 3.75%. There is a 64.3% probability of achieving the 12% smoking prevalence target by 2032, with considerable prefectural variation. Out of 47 prefectures, 19 are on track to meet the target by 2032, whereas 28 are predicted to lag this deadline. For example, Tokyo (99.3% probability) and Nara (98.0% probability) could potentially reach this target as early as 2026 whereas Fukushima, Iwate and Aomori have <1% probability of achieving the target by 2032 and are not projected to reach the target until 2046 or later.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While Japan may achieve its national smoking reduction target by 2032, there are large regional variations. This variability underscores the need for tailored public health strategies that address the unique challenges faced by each prefecture to ensure a cohesive and effective tobacco control approach across the nation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144035842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic cost of cigarette smoking in China: a propensity score matching and DALY-based analysis (2014-2020).","authors":"Rong Zheng, Lingyun Meng, Aduqinfu He, Xiao Hu","doi":"10.1136/tc-2024-059099","DOIUrl":"10.1136/tc-2024-059099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cigarette smoking imposes substantial health and economic burdens on China, yet its full impact remains significantly underestimated and based on outdated data. This study aims to comprehensively assess the direct and indirect economic costs of cigarette smoking from 2014 to 2020.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From a societal perspective, the study uses the subtractive method in conjunction with propensity score matching to estimate direct costs, particularly excess healthcare expenditures incurred by people who smoke compared with those who have never smoked. Additionally, indirect costs, including productivity losses due to premature mortality and morbidity, are quantified using disability-adjusted life-years and the human capital approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total economic cost of cigarette smoking in China increased significantly from 1.40 trillion RMB in 2014 to 2.43 trillion RMB in 2020, representing an average of 2.29% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually. In contrast, the fiscal benefits derived from the tobacco industry, including tax revenue and profits, were substantially lower, amounting to 1.52 trillion RMB in 2020. This disparity reveals that the economic cost of cigarette smoking was approximately 1.6 times greater than the fiscal gains, undermining the narrative that the tobacco industry is economically advantageous.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study underscores the unsustainability of relying on revenues from the tobacco industry and emphasises the urgent need for comprehensive tobacco control policies in China. Policy-makers should prioritise raising tobacco taxes and adopting effective strategies to reduce smoking prevalence, thereby safeguarding long-term public health and promoting economic sustainability.</p>","PeriodicalId":23145,"journal":{"name":"Tobacco Control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}