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 July 2022 PubMed search results are now available. Check them out! And check back after the first Tuesday of each month for a new list.    

Articles with this icon are available free of charge

Trends in Annual Sales and Pack Price of Cigarettes in the US, 2015-2021. Ali FRM, Seaman EL, Schillo B, Vallone D. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2215407. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.15407. PMID: 35657628 Free PMC article.

Compliance With Tobacco Control Policy and Visibility of Cigarette Retailers Around Educational Facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AlJishi H, Kusuma D, AlQurashi A, AlFaiz A, AlSaad A, Aljishi M. Front Public Health. 2022 May 30;10:713460. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.713460. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35719605 Free PMC article.

Spatial and Descriptive Analysis of Smoke and Vape Shop Locations Focusing on A Cancer Center Neighboring Catchment Area. Ashing KT, Song G, O’Connor T, Obodo U, Abuan F, Dawson CT, Tiep B, Macalintal J, Yeung S, Xie B, Tsou MH. Pap Appl Geogr. 2022;8(1):61-71. doi: 10.1080/23754931.2021.1947354. Epub 2021 Jul 23. PMID: 35664374

Identifying tobacco retailers in the absence of a licensing system: lessons from Australia. Baker J, Masood M, Rahman MA, Thornton L, Begg S. Tob Control. 2022 Jul;31(4):543-548. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055977. Epub 2021 Feb 1. PMID: 33526443 Free PMC article.

Aggregated spatial intensity as a method for estimating point-level exposures within area-level units: The case of tobacco retailer exposure in census tracts. Brooks MM, Siegel SD, Corrigan AE, Curriero FC. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2022 Jun;41:100482. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2022.100482. Epub 2022 Jan 21. PMID: 35691649

Real-Time Context of Tobacco Marketing Exposure and Community Vulnerability-An Ecological Momentary Assessment Among Young Adults. Chen-Sankey JC, van de Venne J, Westneat S, Rahman B, Folger S, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Debnam C, Ribisl KM, Cohn A, Rose SW. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Jun 29;56(6):620-631. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab066. PMID: 34323267 Free PMC article.

Flavoured tobacco product restrictions in Massachusetts associated with reductions in adolescent cigarette and e-cigarette use. Hawkins SS, Kruzik C, O’Brien M, Levine Coley R. Tob Control. 2022 Jul;31(4):576-579. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056159. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33504582

The association between tobacco retailer outlet density and prevalence of cigarette smoking in Virginia. Lin SY, Zhou W, Koch JR, Barnes AJ, Yang R, Xue H. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jun 25:ntac154. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac154. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35752162

Excise taxes and pricing activities of e-liquid products sold in online vape shops. Ma S, Jiang S, Ling M, Lu B, Chen J, Shang C. Tob Control. 2022 Jun 13:tobaccocontrol-2021-057033. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057033. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35697482

Tobacco retailers around schools in 10 cities across China. Nian Q, Cohen JE, Cui Y, Zhang S. Tob Control. 2022 Jun 16:tobaccocontrol-2022-057367. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2022-057367. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35710747

Restricting Tobacco Retail Outlets around Middle and High Schools as a way to Reduce Tobacco Marketing Disparities: A Simulation Study. Obinwa U, Pasch KE, Jetelina KK, Ranjit N, Perez A, Perry CL, Harrell M. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jun 23:ntac150. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac150. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35738013

[Analysis of exposure to tobacco advertisement and promotion among Chinese adults aged 15 years and above, 2010 and 2018]. Xi Z, Di XB, Nan Y, Zeng XY, Xie HY, Meng ZD, Liu SW, Xiao L. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2022 Jun 10;43(6):830-834. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211130-00933. PMID: 35725337 Chinese.

A cross-sectional analysis of socio-spatial patterning of tobacco retail in Shanghai, China. Zheng C, Feng Z, Pearce J. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jul 2:ntac155. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac155. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35777980

Educational inequalities in exposure to tobacco promotion at the point of sale among adolescents in four Dutch cities. Zijp A, van Deelen TRD, van den Putte B, Kunst AE, Kuipers MAG. Health Place. 2022 May 31;76:102824. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102824. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35660750

A Data-Driven Customer Profiling Method for Offline Retailers. Zuo H, Yang S, Wu H, Guo W, Wang L, Chen X, Su Y. Comput Intell Neurosci. 2022 Jun 16;2022:8069007. doi: 10.1155/2022/8069007. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35755766 Free PMC article.

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, April 2021, May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, December 2021, January 2022, February 2022, March 2022, April 2022, May 2022, June 2022