Investigating the effect of England's smoke-free private vehicle regulation on changes in tobacco smoke exposure and respiratory disease in children: a quasi-experimental study by Timor Faber, MPH, Mehrdad A Mizani, PhD, Aziz Sheikh, ProfMD, Johan P Mackenbach, ProfPhD, Irwin K Reiss, ProfPhD, Jasper V Been, PhD

“…Summary: Background: Comprehensive tobacco control policies can help to protect children from tobacco smoke exposure and associated adverse respiratory health consequences. …”
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Efficacy of WeChat-based online smoking cessation intervention (‘WeChat WeQuit’) in China: a randomised controlled trialResearch in context by Jinsong Tang, Jie Yang, Yi Liu, Xiaocong Liu, Ling Li, Yunkai Sun, Jieyin Jin, Yehong Fang, Zitang Zhou, Yunfei Wang, Yueheng Liu, Wei Chen, Ann McNeill, Brian C. Kelly, Joanna E. Cohen, Yanhui Liao

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Awareness about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease among Chinese otolaryngologists: a nationwide survey by Chen Zhao, Liang Tang, Ting Chen, Hui Yang, Xiong Chen, Xiaobo Cui, Li Shi, Xiangping Li, Jian He, Xiaoxia Peng, Shuifang Xiao, Jinrang Li, Hongliang Zheng, Junbo Zhang, Shuihong Zhou, Donghui Chen, Xuping Xiao, Hui Huangfu, Zhenfeng Tao, Yehai Liu, Shenhong Qu, Guangke Wang, Linli Tian, Wensheng Zhou, Hongyan Fang, Yongwang Huang, Guodong Yu, Zhenqun Lin, Ruixia Ma, Zhaoyan Yu

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Exposição ao fumo ambiental do tabaco em Chaves depois da implementação da Lei 37/2007. Estudo transversal em 2 centros de saúde by C. Paradela, M. Pérez-Ríos, A. Ruano-Ravina, J.M. Barros-Dios

“…In nightclubs 68% of the participants stated that exposure has remained unchanged. Conclusion: The tobacco control law offered protection against tobacco smoke in several closed public spaces. …”
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Türkiye’de toplumda sigara içme sıklığı nasıl değişiyor? by Sinem Doğanay, Kaan Sözmen, Sibel Kalaça, Belgin Ünal

“…Smoking prevalence has been declining especially in men in Turkey. Recent tobacco control strategies may sustain or even accelerate this trend. …”
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Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use. by Lindson-Hawley, N, Hartmann-Boyce, J, Fanshawe, T, Begh, R, Farley, A, Lancaster, T

“…BACKGROUND: Although smoking cessation is currently the only guaranteed way to reduce the harm caused by tobacco smoking, a reasonable secondary tobacco control approach may be to try and reduce the harm from continued tobacco use amongst smokers unable or unwilling to quit. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Hartmann-Boyce, J, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Begh, R, Stead, L, Hajek, P

“…Smokers report using ECs to reduce risks of smoking, but some healthcare organizations, tobacco control advocacy groups and policy makers have been reluctant to encourage smokers to switch to ECs, citing lack of evidence of efficacy and safety. …”

COVID-19 among workers of a comprehensive cancer centre between first and second epidemic waves (2020): a seroprevalence study in Catalonia, Spain by Candela Calle, Esteve Fernández, Adaia Albasanz-Puig, Carlota Gudiol, Anna Saura-Lazaro, Jordi Trelis, Eva Loureiro, Delphine Casabonne, Maria Ángeles Domínguez, Paula Peremiquel-Trillas, Laia Alemany, Yolanda Benavente-Moreno, Sandra Cabrera, Angela Duran, Lidia Garrote, Immaculada Brao, Maica Galán, Francesc Soler, Joaquim Julià, Dolça Cortasa, Dolors Ramírez-Tarruella, Joan Muniesa, Juan Pedro Rivas, Carles Muñoz-Montplet, Ana Sedano, Àngel Plans, Beatriz Calvo-Cerrada, Ana Clopés, Dolors Carnicer-Pont

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Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation by Asfar, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Ward, KD, Eissenberg, T, Oluwole, O, Bursac, Z, Ghaddar, T, Maziak, W

“…Therefore, developing and testing waterpipe cessation interventions to help people quit was identified as a priority for global tobacco control efforts. <br><strong> Objectives<br></strong> To evaluate the effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions for people who smoke waterpipes. …”

A call to action: Global Health Organizations urge COP28 to phase out fossil fuels by * Global Health Organization Leadership, * Regional Leaders in Health

“…Just as the tobacco industry is not allowed to participate in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, it is imperative to safeguard global collaboration on climate progress from the lobbying, disinformation, and delays in favor of industry interests. …”
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Does Utilitarian Policy such as Smoking Cessation Lend Support to Wider Aspirin Use? by Gareth Morgan

“…Tobacco control policy seems to be based on a utilitarian principle that public health is best served by a range of measures that will provide overall population benefit. …”
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Chronic snus use in healthy males alters endothelial function and increases arterial stiffness. by Lukasz Antoniewicz, Mikael Kabele, Ulf Nilsson, Jamshid Pourazar, Gregory Rankin, Jenny A Bosson, Magnus Lundbäck

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The results of this study show an increased arterial stiffness and an underlying endothelial dysfunction in daily snus users as compared to matched non-tobacco controls. These findings indicate that long-term use of snus may alter the function of the endothelium and therefore reinforces the assertion that chronic snus use is correlated to an increased risk of development of cardiovascular disease.…”
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Chronic snus use in healthy males alters endothelial function and increases arterial stiffness by Lukasz Antoniewicz, Mikael Kabele, Ulf Nilsson, Jamshid Pourazar, Gregory Rankin, Jenny A. Bosson, Magnus Lundbäck

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4> The results of this study show an increased arterial stiffness and an underlying endothelial dysfunction in daily snus users as compared to matched non-tobacco controls. These findings indicate that long-term use of snus may alter the function of the endothelium and therefore reinforces the assertion that chronic snus use is correlated to an increased risk of development of cardiovascular disease.…”
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Youth response to pictorial warning on tobacco products in Chandigarh India by Achika Rao, Sonu Goel

“…Background Pictorial warnings are among the most prominent and cost-effective health communications available.There are substantial literature that pictorial warning are effective among older tobacco user ,who have experienced symptoms of illness but does not have preventive effect on youth who reportedly see the messages as lacking relevance and realism .Use of tobacco product is prevalent in all ages but youth have been particularly vulnerable and tobacco use among them means exposure will be longer with subsequent high adverse consequences .Prevalence of tobacco use in Chandigarh among youth (15-24 yrs) is 20 % .Therefore knowledge of pictorial warnings among youth becomes essential to monitor and assess the effectiveness of tobacco controls efforts . Adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable to influences of use tobacco use. …”
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Does contract farming arrangement improve smallholder tobacco productivity? Evidence from Zimbabwe by Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri, Eric Mungatana, Gwenzi Mhondoro

“…Thus, these results inform CFA-related policies that improve smallholder tobacco productivity in Southern Africa. With existing tobacco controls, these results are equally valid to other cash crops where most developing economies anticipate the majority resource-constrained smallholder farmers to shift their production systems entirely away from tobacco in the immediate future.…”
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STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI DALAM UPAYA ADVOKASI KOMUNITAS KRETEK TERKAIT PERATURAN PEMERINTAH NOMOR 109 TAHUN 2012 by , INDI FALACHIYYAH, , Drs. Budhy Komarul Zaman, M.

“…Thatâ��s why, in order to save the future of our nation, the government proposed Government Regulation number 109 years 2012 about tobacco controls. However, during its implementation this policy faced various troubles. …”

Pattern of Tobacco Use and Perceived Risk of COVID-19 Following Tobacco Use among the COVID-19 Patients of a Tertiary Health Care Institution in Eastern India by Bijaya Nanda Naik, Sanjay Pandey, Chandramani Singh, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Purusottam Kumar, Manisha Verma

“…Increased quit attempts and reduction in tobacco consumption during this pandemic is a positive sign for tobacco control…”
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Alcohol and cause-specific mortality in Russia: a retrospective case-control study of 48,557 adult deaths. by Zaridze, D, Brennan, P, Boreham, J, Boroda, A, Karpov, R, Lazarev, A, Konobeevskaya, I, Igitov, V, Terechova, T, Boffetta, P, Peto, R

“…Cases (n=43,082) were those certified as dying from causes we judged beforehand might be substantially affected by alcohol or tobacco; controls were the other 5475 decedents. Case versus control relative risks (RRs; calculated as odds ratios by confounder-adjusted logistic regression) were calculated in ever-drinkers, defining the reference category by two criteria: usual weekly consumption always less than 0.5 half-litre bottles of vodka (or equivalent in total alcohol content) and maximum consumption of spirits in 1 day always less than 0.5 half-litre bottles. …”