tobacco

Sugar, Tobacco, and Alcohol Taxes to Achieve the SDGs

Scientific article

29 May 2018

More than a decade after the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is compelling evidence that raising tobacco prices substantially through taxation is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use and...

Virtual Reality Cue Refusal Video Game for Alcohol and Cigarette Recovery Support: Summative Study

Scientific article

16 April 2018

A study implementing the use of virtual reality to explore addition and recovery has been published by a team of researchers connected to Clinical Tools, Inc. Clinical Tools is based in the USA with work combining medicine, science, and...

Association between Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Hypertension in Never Smokers

Scientific article

14 May 2018

Abstract Objectives: Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease. This study aims to determine the association between SHS exposure estimated by questionnaire and hypertension in Korean never smokers. Setting...

Health Communications in Tobacco Prevention and Control

This user guide focuses on how comprehensive tobacco control programs can deliver effective health communications. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2014 recommends mass-reach health communication interventions as...

The Effect of Branding to Promote Healthy Behavior: Reducing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults

Scientific article

7 December 2017

Abstract Policy interventions such as public health mass media campaigns disseminate messages in order to improve health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors at the population level. Only more recently have campaigns that...

Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Smoke-Free Policies in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Scientific article

11 May 2018

Many persons with mental or substance use disorders who smoke want to and can quit smoking.

Public versus Internal Conceptions of Addiction: An Analysis of Internal Philip Morris Documents

Scientific article

1 May 2018

Abstract Background Tobacco addiction is a complex, multicomponent phenomenon stemming from nicotine’s pharmacology and the user’s biology, psychology, sociology, and environment. After decades of public denial, the tobacco industry now...

Potential Public Health Effects of Reducing Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes in the United States

Scientific article

3 May 2018

Conclusions of this study indicate that enacting a regulation to lower the nicotine content of cigarettes to minimally addictive levels in the United States would lead to a substantial reduction in tobacco-related mortality, despite...

Trend in the Affordability of Tobacco Products in Bangladesh

Scientific article

19 April 2018

Abstract Background: The price of tobacco products in relation to the income of tobacco users—affordability—is recognised as a key determinant of tobacco use behaviour. The effectiveness of a price increase as a deterrent to tobacco use...

World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco and Heart Disease

31 May 2018

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World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease

Date: 31 May 2018

Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.