Background Philip Morris International’s (PMI) heated tobacco brand IQOS has long been advertised as a fashionable lifestyle product and as a supposedly safer alternative to cigarettes. PMI’s new ...

Background As oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) have gained popularity in the US, little is known from nationally representative data about who uses them and how they are being used. Objectives To examine ...

Background A smoke-free society by 2040 is a key target for Dutch municipalities, mandated by law. Smoking remains a public health issue in Northern Netherlands, where approximately one in four adults ...

Background State cigar taxes in the USA vary widely in structure and level, unlike cigarette taxes which are typically levied uniformly per pack. This complexity has limited the comparability of cigar ...

Background Marketing frames oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) as convenient, pleasurable and compatible with numerous activities without attracting the stigma sometimes associated with smoking or vaping.

Cigarette butts are the most commonly discarded plastic litter worldwide and a persistent source of environmental contamination. Their cellulose acetate filters retain toxic substances from tobacco ...

Objective E-cigarette nicotine concentration level is critical to tobacco regulation. This study seeks to examine whether nicotine level is associated with transitions in tobacco use status such as ...

The prevalence of waterpipe smoking (WPS) is increasingly recognised as a growing global public health concern. Available studies show that WPS exposes users to toxicants at levels similar to or ...

Introduction The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed a product standard that would reduce the nicotine content and ...

Introduction Vuse Solo is the first electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration for marketing in the USA. Salient features of the Vuse Solo product ...

Background The tobacco industry contends that the illicit market in Malaysia occupies 62.3% of the total cigarette market. If this is true, Malaysia has one of the largest shares of illicit cigarettes ...