Background Licensing of tobacco retailers, including high retail licence fees, is one tobacco control measure that may reduce ...

Correspondence to Dr Yongda Wu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong; yongdang{at}connect.hku.hk Objectives To examine the trends in the prevalence of hardening indicators and ...

Joseph R DiFranza MD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA; joe.difranza{at}ummhc.org ...

Correspondence to Dr Marzena Hiler, Center for Tobacco Products, Office of Science, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; Marzena.Hiler{at}fda.hhs.gov Objective This scoping ...

Objective The USA is considering a very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarette standard. We sought to characterise the prevalence and correlates of the incorrect belief that VLNC cigarettes are less ...

Correspondence to Dr Ce Shang, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; cshang{at}uic.edu Background Recent studies ...

Background In lower-income and middle-income countries, limited research exists on illicit tobacco trade and its responsiveness to taxation. Tobacco taxes are critical in reducing tobacco consumption, ...

Correspondence to Dr Terry Frank Pechacek, School of Public Health, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Georgia State University, Urban Life Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA; ...

Objectives This study aimed to examine the impact of smoking on productivity in Australia, in terms of years of life lost, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost and the novel measure of ...