At the beginning of each month, we conduct a search of the PubMed database for new peer-reviewed articles on the retail tobacco environment and policy.  Many of these articles are available for FREE. The April 2021 PubMed search results are now available. Check them out! And check back after the first Tuesday of each month for a new list.    

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Circumvention of COVID-19-related restrictions on tobacco sales by the e-cigarette industry in South Africa and comparative analyses of e-cigarette vs cigarette volume sales during 2018-2020.  Agaku I, Egbe CO, Ayo-Yusuf OA. Prev Med. 2021 Mar 18:106526. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106526. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33745955

Supply chain actors’ willingness to switch the business of smokeless tobacco: A mixed-methods study on Naswar business in Pakistan.  Ahmad F, Khan Z, Boeckmann M, Khan MN, Siddiqi K, Ullah S, Zeeb H, Forberger S. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Mar 19:ntab045. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab045. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33740043

Two tobacco retailer programmes in Banyuwangi, Indonesia: A qualitative study.  Azzahro EA, Dewi DMSK, Puspikawati SI, Handayani RP, Ayodya G, Prayogi ARY, Sebayang SK. Tob Control. 2021 Mar 8:tobaccocontrol-2020-055834. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055834. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33685993

[The effect of neighborhood characteristics and friends’ smoking status on the habitual smoking onset in adolescents].  Choi YJ, Kim GS. J Korean Acad Nurs. 2021 Feb;51(1):54-67. doi: 10.4040/jkan.20212. PMID: 33706331 Korean.

Vape shop proliferation and noncompliance in Pennsylvania: A pre- and post-tax analysis.  Colditz JB, Tulikangas MC, Sidani JE, Dodson ZM, Woods MS, James AE, Primack BA. Tob Use Insights. 2021 Feb 22;14:1179173X20927389. doi: 10.1177/1179173X20927389. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33746518   

Anticipated responses to a hypothetical minimum price for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco: An online cross-sectional survey with cigarette smokers and ex-smokers in the UK. Critchlow N, Moodie C, Best C, Stead M. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 22;11(3):e042724. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042724. PMID: 33753438   

“Is it banned? Is it illegal?”: Navigating Western Australia’s regulatory environment for e-cigarettes.  McCausland K, Maycock B, Leaver T, Wolf K, Freeman B, Jancey J. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Mar 10;94:103177. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103177. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33713966

The geographic distribution of retail tobacco outlets in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.  Morrison CN, Lee JP, Giovenco DP, West B, Hidayana I, Astuti PAS, Mooney SJ, Jacobowitz A, Rundle A. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Mar 28. doi: 10.1111/dar.13285. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33779016

Surveillance of U.S. corporate filings provides a proactive approach to inform tobacco regulatory research strategy.  Sarles SE, Hensel EC, Robinson RJ. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 16;18(6):3067. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063067. PMID: 33809725

The above papers are the results of the following PubMed search:

(tobacco products[mesh] OR tobacco[tiab] OR tobacco industry[mesh] OR (smoking[mesh] NOT marijuana smoking[mesh]) OR smoking[tiab] OR cigarette[tiab] OR cigarettes[tiab] OR cigar[tiab] OR cigars[tiab] OR cigarillo[tiab] OR cigarillos[tiab] OR ends[tiab] OR “electronic nicotine device”[tiab] OR “electronic nicotine devices”[tiab] OR “heat not burn”[tiab] OR heat-not-burn[tiab] OR vaping[tiab] OR vapes[tiab] OR vape[tiab] OR heatstick[tiab] OR heatsticks[tiab] OR “heated tobacco product”[tiab] OR “heated tobacco products”[tiab] OR “non-cigarette tobacco product”[tiab] OR “non-cigarette tobacco products”[tiab]) AND (store[tiab] OR stores[tiab] OR “point of sale”[tiab] OR “points of sale”[tiab] OR retail[tiab] OR retailers[tiab] OR retailer[tiab] OR retailing[tiab] OR shop[tiab] OR “gas station”[tiab] OR “gas stations”[tiab] OR “point of purchase”[tiab] OR “points of purchase”[tiab] OR outlet[tiab] OR outlets[tiab] OR “milk bars”[tiab] OR newsstands[tiab])

Previous literature reviews: June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, December 2020, January 2021, February 2021, March 2021