To address the illicit cigarette trade, the European Union (EU) has signed agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco Companies (TTCs) that involve establishing extensive systems of ...

Objective Describe the process of enacting and defending strong tobacco packaging and labelling regulations in Uruguay amid Philip Morris International’s (PMI) legal threats and challenges. Methods ...

Correspondence to Dr Israel T Agaku, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 02115, USA; iagaku{at}post.harvard.edu ...

Objective The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to set a minimum for cigar pack size, a product feature linked to price. This study examined the effects of cigarillo package size and ...

Correspondence to Dr Julia Vassey, Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA; vassey{at}usc.edu Background Exposure to visual posts featuring ...

Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Correspondence to: Naomi Steggles, University College London, 2-16 ...

OBJECTIVE To test a novel approach for building consensus about tobacco control policies among legislators. DESIGN A pilot study was conducted using a two-round, face-to-face policy Delphi method.

OBJECTIVE To assess beliefs about the tar and nicotine delivery characteristics and health benefits of Light and Ultra Light cigarettes among cigarette smokers. DESIGN Random digit dialed telephone ...

Lynn T Kozlowski, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biobehavioral Health, 315 Health and Human Development Building East, University Park, PA 16802-6509, USA ltk1{at}psu.edu If you ...

OBJECTIVE To test the impact of three health messages focusing on vent holes, sensory effects of Light and Ultra Light cigarettes, or health consequences of smoking, respectively, on beliefs and ...

1 Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2 Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3 Department of Psychology, Queen's ...

B Freeman, 129A School of Public Health (A27), University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; bfreeman{at}health.usyd.edu.au Background: The international trend towards comprehensive bans on ...