Introduction Heated tobacco products, including Marlboro IQOS, are available globally. In the USA, IQOS was authorised to be advertised with claims about reduced toxicant exposure relative to ...

OBJECTIVES To determine how well hospitals complied with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) tobacco control standards, which required banning smoking in hospital ...

Background: The adoption of a smoke-free hospital campus policy is often a highly publicised local event. National media coverage suggests that the trend towards adopting these policies is growing, ...

As tobacco companies expand marketing of their newer nicotine and tobacco products—particularly heated tobacco products (HTPs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)—Philip Morris GmbH (PM, GmbH is ...

Background The lack of plain packaging and pictorial warnings on cigarette packs in China has provided a window for children to play and collect cards made from cigarette packages. This study examined ...

Objectives: To evaluate the impact and relevance of the national awareness day “No Smoking Day” 22 years after it was launched. Design: Triangulation of data from a variety of sources. Retrospective ...

Background: Smoking is one of the biggest avoidable causes of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. This paper quantifies the current health and economic burden of smoking in the UK. It ...

Background The tobacco industry historically recruited community groups to advance its policy agenda; however, there has been little study of industry recruitment of Latinx organisations. Methods We ...

Background The lack of plain packaging and pictorial warnings on cigarette packs in China has provided a window for children to play and collect cards made from cigarette packages. This study examined ...

On 19 December 2018, Altria announced an offer of US$12.8 billion for a 35% share of Juul Labs.1 2 The deal combines Altria (formerly Philip Morris),3 the company with the largest share of the US ...

BACKGROUND Although the rate of smoking-related deaths in Bulgaria is still relatively low, in international terms, it has been rising rapidly. This is likely to become worse in the future as Bulgaria ...