Latest News: About one in three US adults—and about half of people who smoke—reported noticing court mandated point-of-sale cigarette-related corrective statements in 2024. https://bit.ly/4dLDQOK

Compliance audits of court-ordered POS TI corrective statements indicated a higher likelihood of major & minor non-compliance for retailers in neighbourhoods with a higher % of Black residents, Hispanic/Latine residents & places with lower median household income. https://bit.ly/3QDnttJ

Latest News: Changes in expenditure on vaping in the context of the rise of disposable vapes and impending regulatory changes: a population study in Great Britain, 2021–2025. https://bit.ly/4mvw39Y

Latest News: This pre-registered study shows that e-cigarette use declined substantially among both adolescent and adult users following the Dutch flavour ban, without a corresponding rise in smoking prevalence. https://bit.ly/3QDn5eL

What the assault on the US Centers for Disease Control’s Office on Smoking and Health means for the USA and Global Public Health. https://bit.ly/4cobuca

Latest News: Within 2 years of Track-and-Trace system implementation in Pakistan, cigarette tax administration improved significantly for the two leading multinational manufacturers, but not for local manufacturers. https://bit.ly/4caYHd3

Latest News: An age restricted location (ARL) policy in the Us would eliminate some tobacco retailer density disparities (particularly rural disparities in retailer density). https://bit.ly/480MS6D

Check out our blog on ‘Novelty’ products for concealing nicotine use with high potential for youth appeal: https://bit.ly/4vBHTTZ

April Editorial: Tobacco control: a model of success for global health in the 21st century. https://bit.ly/4mrYbux

Check out our blog on tobacco industry interference in Oman: https://bit.ly/4stcTCP

Latest News: This study shows that menthol cigarette restrictions reduce cigarette purchases and increase e-cigarette substitution, while ecigarette flavour restrictions increase purchases of nicotine replacement therapy. https://bit.ly/3NXM77w

Latest News: Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on health and economic burdens in China from 2022 to 2040. https://bit.ly/4t6DKoW

Latest News: The illicit cigarette trade in South Africa is rampant and driven mostly by non-multinational brands and informal retail channels. https://bit.ly/4bL5cSf

Latest News: Despite Ireland’s well-established lobbying regulation, the tobacco and vaping industries maintain a persistent and influential presence within policymaking circles, often overshadowing health advocates. https://bit.ly/4bR6Ku8

Latest News: Researchers find that, despite declining cigarette sales, cigarette companies have intensified their marketing efforts by allocating increasing expenditures per pack as e-cigarette use increased. https://bit.ly/4uXIIqa

Latest News: Among US adults who dually used nicotine pouches with other tobacco products, none completely switched to exclusive nicotine pouch use. Nicotine pouch use was also not associated with increased probabilities of quitting tobacco product use. https://bit.ly/4sChPq7

Latest News: Air refresher? Menthol cigarette accessory marketing in the USA and parallels in countries with menthol bans. https://bit.ly/40QFG9g

Latest News: Advancing Australia’s tobacco control policy and taxation strategies to reduce illicit trade, improve health equity, and resist industry narratives. https://bit.ly/3PLZ1WJ

Latest News: ENDS use is significantly associated with increased risk of tobacco smoking initiation among non-smokers, particularly adolescents, supporting the gateway hypothesis. https://bit.ly/4rXIn3X

Latest News: Waterpipe smoking and health outcomes: review of evidence and road map for an international consortium. https://bit.ly/4dQ2nSq

Latest News: Using longitudinal data on more than 370 000 older Japanese adults, researchers found that living in constituencies represented by pro-tobacco legislators was associated with higher smoking prevalence. https://bit.ly/4d4QJ62

Latest News: Pushing the US nicotine pouch market: insights from Zyn’s free can campaign in September 2025. https://bit.ly/4sCrKfg

Latest News: Is the tobacco industry’s interference in Brazil’s additives ban coming to an end? https://bit.ly/4t9DlCr

Latest News: Among a sample of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) across the US who vape, over half reported using an e-cigarette with a boost mode. https://bit.ly/486ORWU

Latest News: Data from the latest two waves of GYTS from 13 countries, collected between 2013 and 2023, show that there has been a shift in tobacco use patterns, moving from smoked tobacco to e-cigarettes and poly-tobacco use. https://bit.ly/4bVEF50

Latest News: This study demonstrates a significant association between the number of TROs within 200m of Chinese schools and both ever smoked and current smoking among secondary school students. https://bit.ly/3NXJN0i

Latest News: Tobacco sales via delivery app services: loopholes for underage access. https://bit.ly/4syvGwX

Latest News: ‘ZYN 10 Challenge’: illegal marketing of nicotine pouches as smoking cessation aids? https://bit.ly/3OVVg0A

Latest News: New Zealand’s tobacco control strategies can provide valuable insights for global health coalitions. https://bit.ly/4ue6OfX

Latest News: Leading tobacco brands on Instagram often violated platform and federal policies, particularly those concerning age verification, sponsorship disclosure and health warning labelling. https://bit.ly/3OPqoyT

Latest News: In England, the smoke free generation policy has potential to reduce absolute inequalities among its target population and achieve significant gains in quality and length of life. https://bit.ly/4bbJdUf

Latest News: There is limited evidence of widespread uptake of Spree Bar to date. However, its marketing approach and striking mislabeling and coolant ubiquity underscore the need for regulatory vigilance. https://bit.ly/3OFUOmR

Latest News: In the USA, recreational cannabis legalisation and the start of cannabis retail sales were associated with overall increases in cannabis-only use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis versus no use, alongside declines in tobacco-only use. https://bit.ly/40oObId

Latest News: China National Tobacco Corporation’s financial resilience and cost advantages may undermine tobacco control measures— particularly taxation and affordability-based interventions—in low- and middle-income countries where regulatory capacity is weaker. https://bit.ly/4ruMwN7

Latest News: The presence of flavour terminology in clear-flavoured e-cigarette product descriptions suggests that purportedly unflavoured products, such as clearflavoured e-cigarettes, are marketed with language that implies flavoured characteristics. https://bit.ly/3OCEYJJ

Latest News: Differences in display and volume of court-ordered cigarette ‘corrective statements’ displayed in a regional sample of US tobacco retailers may shape exposure opportunities, influencing population impacts. https://bit.ly/3OujsH8

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Latest News: Addressing the regulatory challenges of non-nicotine vaping products: insights from China’s experience. https://bit.ly/3MYJbXI

Latest News: Duty-free sales of tobacco products represent a government-sanctioned price discount that has undermined Aotearoa’s Smokefree 2025 goal and its obligations as a Party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. https://bit.ly/4u868sv

Latest News: Despite comparable declines in daily smoking and increases in daily vaping, rates of smoking, ENDS use and dual use were persistently higher among people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSDs), demonstrating continued nicotine/tobacco health disparities. https://bit.ly/46ip65o

E-Cigarette ads with fruit flavour features, compared with ads promoting tobacco-flavoured products, increased try-and-switch intentions among the young adult dual-use group but influenced only positive sensory and expectancy perceptions among non-use & cigarette-only groups. https://bit.ly/3MYIPQS

Latest News: This study is the first to show a clear temporal relationship between the emergence of ONP content on TikTok and an acceleration of real-world sales. https://bit.ly/4b1Hh1I

Latest News: Mapping loopholes in the current regulation of tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship in Europe: a scoping review. https://bit.ly/4aNdrNl

Latest News: Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) leaf is financially rewarding for both Big Tobacco and the Zimbabwean government because an exacting husbandry and curing regime provides particularly desirable chemical content that makes it especially appealing to end users. https://bit.ly/3YFipG8

Latest News: Researchers find that a concept descriptor (ie, silver) was the least effective way to communicate that cigarillos were unflavoured and was viewed the most favourably among youth and young adults in the USA. https://bit.ly/4kQpmOZ

Latest News: In India, tobacco companies spent more than US$65million on political contributions in the decade between 2013–2014 and 2022–2023. https://bit.ly/4qUJ1OV

Latest News: This modelling study in England estimated that consistently increasing hand-rolling tobacco tax at a steeper rate than factory made cigarette tax could prevent substantially more premature deaths and further reduce health inequalities. https://bit.ly/4cxlQqo

January Issue: How is heated tobacco product use described by people who use them daily? https://bit.ly/4kHOlUr

January Issue: NRT use as a vaping cessation aid among youth and young adults. https://bit.ly/4awETi1

January Issue: Keeping pace with nicotine pouch market developments. https://bit.ly/3OLUp2f