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 August 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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Awareness, perceptions of and compliance with tobacco control policies among naswar vendors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Ahmad F, Khan Z, Siddiqi K, Khan MN, Kibria Z, Forberger S, Bauld L, Kanaan M, Zeeb H. Tob Control. 2021 Jul 5:tobaccocontrol-2020-056377. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056377. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34226260

Restricting sales of menthol tobacco products: Lessons learned from policy passage and implementation in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, Minnesota. Bosma LM, D’Silva J, Moze J, Matter C, Kingsbury JH, Brock B. Health Equity. 2021 Jun 18;5(1):439-447. doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.0137. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34235369

Changes in retail sales of tobacco products in Ontario after a menthol sales restriction. Brown EM, Gammon DG, Rogers T, Coats EM, Olson LT, Ross A, Engstrom M, Nonnemaker JM. Tob Control. 2021 Jul 13:tobaccocontrol-2021-056489. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056489. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34257151

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. 2021 Jul 29:kaab066. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab066. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34323267

Prevalence of young adult vaping, substance vaped, and purchase location across five categories of vaping devices. Cwalina SN, Braymiller JL, Leventhal AM, Unger JB, McConnell R, Barrington-Trimis JL. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 May 4;23(5):829-835. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa232. PMID: 33196838

Convenience store access and e-cigarette advertising exposure is associated with future e-cigarette initiation among tobacco-naïve youth in the PATH study (2013-2016). D’Angelo H, Patel M, Rose SW. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Apr;68(4):794-800. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.030. Epub 2020 Oct 7. PMID: 33039271

Trends in the number and type of tobacco product retailers, United States, 2000-2017. Golden SD, Baggett CD, Kuo TM, Kong AY, Delamater PL, Tao VQ, Ribisl KM. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Jul 24:ntab150. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab150. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34302488

Association of cigarette production and tobacco retailer density on secondhand smoke exposure in urban China. Hoe C, Cohen JE, Yang T, Peng S, Zhang W. Tob Control. 2021 Jul 6:tobaccocontrol-2021-056655. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056655. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34230057

Retail alcohol and tobacco sales during COVID-19. Lee BP, Dodge JL, Leventhal A, Terrault NA. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jul;174(7):1027-1029. doi: 10.7326/M20-7271. Epub 2021 Mar 2. PMID: 33646843

The competition is next door! Why a voluntary approach to tobacco retailer reduction will never work. Portch R. N Z Med J. 2021 Jun 25;134(1537):100-102. PMID: 34239168

Reactions to sales restrictions on flavored vape products or all vape products among young adults in the US. Posner H, Romm K, Henriksen L, Bernat D, Berg CJ. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Jul 31:ntab154. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab154. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34331447

Accessing vaping products when underage: A qualitative study of young adults in Southern California. Schiff SJ, Kechter A, Simpson KA, Ceasar RC, Braymiller JL, Barrington-Trimis JL. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 May 4;23(5):836-841. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa221. PMID: 33135743

Commercial determinants of youth smoking in ASEAN countries: A narrative review of research investigating the influence of tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. Stubbs T. Tob Induc Dis. 2021 Jul 20;19:61. doi: 10.18332/tid/139124. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34305507

Tobacco retail availability and cigarette and e-cigarette use among youth and adults: a scoping review.  Travis N, Levy DT, McDaniel PA, Henriksen L. Tob Control. 2021 Jul 22:tobaccocontrol-2020-056376. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056376. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34301839

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of tobacco vendors toward selling tobacco products to young children and adolescents in Central Delhi. Verma AR, Goswami M. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021 Jan-Feb;14(1):97-99. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1914. PMID: 34326592

Neighborhood disadvantage and the sales of unhealthy products: alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy snack food. Wallace LA, Paul R, Gholizadeh S, Zadrozny W, Webster C, Mayfield M, Racine EF. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 9;21(1):1361. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11442-z. PMID: 34243730

Evaluation of neighborhood deprivation and store characteristics in relation to tobacco retail outlet sales violations. Wheeler DC, Do EK, Hayes RB, Hughes C, Fuemmeler BF. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 16;16(7):e0254443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254443. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34270555

Consumer preferences for e-cigarette flavor, nicotine strength, and type: Evidence from Nielsen scanner data. Zare S, Zheng Y. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 May 4;23(5):823-828. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa238. PMID: 33245356

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