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 December 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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Underage sales signage in vape shops: Comparison of stores near and far from California colleges. Ali A, Barker DC, Vishwakarma M, Schleicher PhDa NC, Johnson TO, Henriksen L. J Am Coll Health. 2021 Nov 17:1-4. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1978457. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34788557

Tobacco Industry Branding Strategies and Its Influence on Young Adults. Anee US, Mahmud HMM, Islam A, Islam MS, Hossain RB, Billah W, Alam MS. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2021 Nov 1;22(S2):81-88. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.S2.81. PMID: 34780142  

Vape shop and consumer activity during COVID-19 non-essential business closures in the USA. Berg CJ, Callanan R, Johnson TO, Schliecher NC, Sussman S, Wagener TL, Meaney M, Henriksen L. Tob Control. 2021 Nov;30(e1):e41-e44. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056171. Epub 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33077506

It is time for governments to support retailers in the transition to a smoke-free society. Gartner CE, Wright A, Hefler M, Perusco A, Hoek J. Med J Aust. 2021 Nov 15;215(10):446-448. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51312. Epub 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34676887 No abstract available.

A scoping review on disparities in exposure to advertising for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products and implications for advancing a health equity research agenda. Grilo G, Crespi E, Cohen JE. Int J Equity Health. 2021 Oct 30;20(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01576-2. PMID: 34717629 Free PMC article. Review.

Longer-Term Impact of the Flavored Tobacco Restriction in Two Massachusetts Communities: A Mixed-Methods Study. Kingsley M, Setodji CM, Pane JD, Shadel WG, Song G, Robertson J, Kephart L, Zepeda S, Henley P, Ursprung WWS. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Oct 7;23(11):1928-1935. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab115. PMID: 34228120

Sociodemographic inequities in tobacco retailer density: Do neighboring places matter? Kong AY, Delamater PL, Gottfredson NC, Ribisl KM, Baggett CD, Golden SD. Health Place. 2021 Sep;71:102653. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102653. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34461529

Compliance to Online Retail of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) in India before and after the 2018 Ban Order of the Government of India. Lal P, Kapoor R, Singh RJ. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2021 Nov 1;22(S2):13-17. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.S2.13. PMID: 34780134  

National Trends of Adolescent Exposure to Tobacco Advertisements: 2012-2020. Li X, Kaiser N, Borodovsky JT, Riordan R, Kasson E, Cao C, Cavazos-Rehg PA. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 1;148(6):e2021050495. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-050495. PMID: 34851424 

Neighbourhood tobacco retail access and tobacco use susceptibility in young adolescents in urban India. Mistry R, Kleinsasser MJ, Puntambekar N, Gupta PC, McCarthy WJ, Raghunathan T, Adhikari K, Narake S, Hsieh HF, Desai M, Assari S, Alberts J, Pednekar MS. Tob Control. 2021 Nov 25:tobaccocontrol-2021-056915. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056915. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34824148

Applying topic modelling and qualitative content analysis to identify and characterise ENDS product promotion and sales on Instagram.  Shah N, Nali M, Bardier C, Li J, Maroulis J, Cuomo R, Mackey TK. Tob Control. 2021 Dec 2:tobaccocontrol-2021-056937. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056937. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34857646

Flavors and Implied Reduced-Risk Descriptors in Cigar Ads at Stores Near Schools. Sterling KL, Vishwakarma M, Ababseh K, Henriksen L. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Oct 7;23(11):1895-1901. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab136. PMID: 34214176

Tobacco messages encountered in real-time among low socio-economic position groups: a descriptive study. Stevens EM, Vázquez-Otero C, Li X, Arya M, Vallone D, Minsky S, Osgood ND, Viswanath K. BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 20;21(1):2136. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12197-3. PMID: 34801012  

Point-of-Sale Health Communication Campaigns for Cigarillos and Waterpipe Tobacco: Effects and Lessons Learned from Two Cluster Randomized Trials. Sutfin EL, Lazard AJ, Wagoner KG, King JL, Cornacchione Ross J, Wiseman KD, Orlan EN, Suerken CK, Reboussin DM, Wolfson M, Noar SM, Reboussin BA. Health Commun. 2021 Nov 15:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1996910. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34781799

Tobacco retailers’ support for point-of-sale tobacco control policies in England: Association study of retailers’ perceived importance of tobacco sales, contact with the tobacco industry, and the perceived impact of the policy. van Deelen TRD, Arnott D, Hitchman S, van den Putte B, Kunst AE, Kuipers MAG. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Nov 30:ntab244. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab244. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34850937

Perspectives of licensed tobacco retailers on tobacco sales bans in Manhattan Beach and Beverly Hills, California. Welwean RA, Stupplebeen DA, Vuong TD, Andersen-Rodgers E, Zhang X. Tob Control. 2021 Nov 19:tobaccocontrol-2021-056996. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056996. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34799434. No abstract available.

Framing the policy debate over tobacco control legislation and tobacco taxation in South Africa. Zatoński MZ, Egbe CO, Robertson L, Gilmore A. Tob Control. 2021 Nov 25:tobaccocontrol-2021-056675. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056675. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34824147  

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