Background North Korea has taken steps to reduce smoking prevalence and its associated health risks by implementing the provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and enacting the ...

Background Adolescents’ support for the regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been documented to be ...

Correspondence to Andrew Waa, Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington 6242, New Zealand; Andrew.waa{at}otago.ac.nz Thompson et al 5 draw our attention to how the tobacco industry is ...

Objective To document the key barriers and facilitators to implementing a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control-guided tobacco control law in Mexico. Methods We analysed public submissions to ...

*Slopes measure the percentage point change in prevalence per year. Bolded p values indicate statistically significant difference between menthol and non-menthol cigarette smoking during the time ...

Introduction Tobacco control policies focused on the retail environment have the potential to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related health disparities through increasing direct and indirect costs.

Background This paper examined how a higher tax on tobacco would affect illicit trade in Vietnam. Methodology and data This paper used the gap method to estimate the gap between cigarette domestically ...

Background Tobacco control investment cases analyse the health and socioeconomic costs of tobacco use and the benefits that can be achieved from implementing measures outlined in the WHO Framework ...

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, ...

Background To prioritise tobacco control interventions, simulating their health impacts is valuable. We undertook a systematic review of tobacco intervention simulation models to assess model ...

Background Reducing the provision of tobacco is important for decreasing inequalities in smoking and smoking-related harm. Various policies have been proposed to achieve this, but their ...

Background The Mongolian government increased import tobacco tax by 30% in May 2017 and excise tobacco tax by 10% in January 2018. To assess the impact of these tax increases on illicit cigarette ...