smoking

State-Specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use among Adults

Scientific article

26 January 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite recent declines in cigarette smoking prevalence, the tobacco product landscape has shifted...

Current Cigarette Smoking among US Adults

Scientific article

19 January 2018

Summary What is already known about this topic? The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that the burden of death and disease from tobacco use in the United States is overwhelmingly caused by cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products...

Contribution of Smoking to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality

Scientific article

19 April 2017

Abstract Background: Smoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening or narrowing inequalities in total mortality remains unknown. We...

Tobacco Product Use among Military Veterans — United States, 2010–2015

Scientific article

12 January 2018

Summary What is already known about this topic? In the United States, the prevalence of adverse health conditions caused by tobacco use is particularly high among veterans; however, data on use of tobacco products other than cigarettes in...

Association of Occasional Smoking with Total Mortality in the Population-Based Tromsø Study

Scientific article

1 December 2017

Abstract Objectives: There is a shift in the smoking population from daily smokers to light or occasional smokers. The knowledge about possible adverse health effects of this new smoking pattern is limited. We investigated smoking habits...

Socioeconomic Disparities in Smoking Behavior and Early Smoking Initiation among Men in Malawi

Scientific article

14 August 2017

Abstract Background: Tobacco smoking is a growing concern for health care systems as it is projected to become the leading cause of death in the developing world. Knowledge of how smoking behavior differs across socioeconomic groups is...

Are Political Views Related to Smoking and Support for Tobacco Control Policies? A Survey across 28 European Countries

Scientific article

8 December 2017

Abstract Background General political views are rarely considered when discussing public support for tobacco control policies and tobacco use. The aim of this study was to explore potential associations between political views, smoking and...

How to Adapt Existing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

Scientific article

3 November 2017

Abstract Objective: To develop and encourage the adoption of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for smoking cessation in Canada by engaging stakeholders in the adaptation of existing high-quality CPGs using principles of the ADAPTE...

Evaluation of a Novel Intervention Providing Insight into the Tobacco Industry to Prevent the Uptake of Smoking in School-Aged Children

Scientific article

3 November 2017

Abstract Objectives: Evidence from the US Truth campaign suggests that interventions focusing on tobacco industry practices and ethics may be effective in preventing youth smoking uptake. We developed, piloted and evaluated a school-based...

Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data

Scientific article

9 October 2017

Abstract Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies. This...