Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform standardised tax rates nationwide, replacing varying state-level value-added taxes (VAT) with a tiered GST structure that applied the highest 28% rate on tobacco ...

Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-week ...

Background Tobacco companies employ various advertising methods, including immersive consumer experiences and cultural imagery, to promote their products. To our knowledge, no prior studies have ...

Tobacco industry documents reveal that music events have long been a part of strategies to position products within the spaces and lifestyles of young people.1 Recently, e-cigarette (vape) companies ...

Data synthesis Seven RCTs were included, which studied pharmacological therapy, digital interventions and/or educational content. The primary meta-analyses demonstrated a statistically significant ...

Objectives This study presents an analysis of vaping products (VPs) purchased in the USA, Canada, England and Australia and assesses whether differences in regulations were associated with differences ...

Background Tobacco companies employ various advertising methods, including immersive consumer experiences and cultural imagery, to promote their products. To our knowledge, no prior studies have ...

Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-week ...

Smoking-related illness has historically been a major cause of death in persons with substance use disorders. Smoking cessation has the potential to support improved substance use disorder outcomes, ...

Background The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China’s policy-makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% in 2015 to 20% by 2030. China has made progress on ...

Smoking is an important public health concern. This study is the first that attempts to estimate the economic cost of smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home in Thailand. Method A ...

In India, nearly 29% of adults (over 42% of men and 14% of women) aged 15 or above use tobacco daily or occasionally.1 Out of 100 million smokers, nearly 40 million smoke cigarettes. ITC (British ...