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 February 2022 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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Association Between Tobacco Retailer Density and Smoking Among Adults With Diabetes and Serious Mental Illness in New York State. Alharthy A, Hosler AS, Leckman-Westin E, Kammer JR. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Jan 6;19:E01. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.210270. PMID: 34990338 Free PMC article.

Are California’s Local Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions Effective in Reducing the Retail Availability of Flavored Tobacco Products? A Multicomponent Evaluation. Andersen-Rodgers E, Zhang X, Vuong TD, Hendrix L, Edora C, Williams RJ, Groves L, Roeseler A, Rogers T, Voelker DH, Schleicher NC, Johnson TO, Henriksen L. Eval Rev. 2021 Jun-Aug;45(3-4):134-165. doi: 10.1177/0193841X211051873. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID: 34693773 Free PMC article.

Assessment of IQOS Marketing Strategies at Points-of-Sale in Israel at a Time of Regulatory Transition. Bar-Zeev Y, Berg CJ, Abroms LC, Rodnay M, Elbaz D, Khayat A, Levine H. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 1;24(1):100-108. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab142. PMID: 34216461

Is Illicit Cigarette Market a Threat to Tobacco Control in Ethiopia? Dauchy E, Ross H. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 28:ntac021. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35090031

Nicotine content, labelling and flavours of e-liquids in Canada in 2020: a scan of the online retail market. D’Mello K, Hammond D, Mahamad S, Wiggers D, East K. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2022 Jan;42(1):4-11. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.42.1.02. PMID: 35044139 English, French.

Cigarette prices and smoking among youth in 16 African countries: Evidence from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. Filby S, van Walbeek C. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 17:ntac017. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac017. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35037065

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. 2022 Jan 1;24(1):77-84. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab150. PMID: 34302488

Online retail promotion of e-cigarettes in New Zealand: A content analysis of e-cigarette retailers in a regulatory void. Hardie L, McCool J, Freeman B. Health Promot J Austr. 2022 Jan;33(1):91-98. doi: 10.1002/hpja.464. Epub 2021 Feb 22. PMID: 33565666

Piloting a spatial mixed method for understanding neighborhood tobacco use disparities. Holmes LM, McQuoid J, Shah A, Cruz T, Akom A, Ling PM. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Dec;291:114460. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114460. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PMID: 34655940

Spatial analysis of tobacco outlet density on secondhand smoke exposure and asthma health among children in Baltimore City. Kaviany P, Senter JP, Collaco JM, Corrigan AE, Brigham E, Wood M, Woo H, Liu C, Koehl R, Galiatsatos P, Koehler K, Hansel N, McCormack M. Tob Control. 2022 Jan 19:tobaccocontrol-2021-056878. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056878. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35046128

Marketing of flavour capsule cigarettes: a systematic review. Kyriakos CN, Zatoński MZ, Filippidis FT. Tob Control. 2022 Jan 18:tobaccocontrol-2021-057082. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057082. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35042725

Youth tobacco and cannabis use and co-use: Associations with daily exposure to tobacco marketing within activity spaces and by travel patterns. Lipperman-Kreda S, Islam S, Wharton K, Finan LJ, Kowitt SD. Addict Behav. 2022 Mar;126:107202. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107202. Epub 2021 Nov 27. PMID: 34864435

School and Community Factors Associated with the Adoption of 100% Smoke-Free Policy by California Community Colleges, 2003-2019. Lui CK, Mulia N, Ye Y, Patterson D, Trieu SL. Am J Health Promot. 2022 Jan 27:8901171211073732. doi: 10.1177/08901171211073732. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35081765

Trends in Cigarette Marketing Expenditures, 1975-2019: An Analysis of Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Reports. Ma H, Reimold AE, Ribisl KM. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 5:ntab272. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab272. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34988582

Compliance to FDA’s elimination of free tobacco product sampling at vape shops. Meza L, Galimov A, Huh J, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Sussman S. Addict Behav. 2022 Feb;125:107148. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107148. Epub 2021 Oct 12. PMID: 34695684

Sociodemographic Disparities in Tobacco Retailer Density in the United States, 2000 – 2017. Mills SD, Kong AY, Reimold AE, Baggett CD, Wiesen CA, Golden SD. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 25:ntac020. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac020. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35079790

Identifying neural signatures of tobacco retail outlet exposure: Preliminary validation of a “community neuroscience” paradigm. Oliver JA, Sweitzer MM, Engelhard MM, Hallyburton MB, Ribisl KM, McClernon FJ. Addict Biol. 2021 Sep;26(5):e13029. doi: 10.1111/adb.13029. Epub 2021 Mar 4. PMID: 33663023

Public support for policies to regulate flavoured tobacco and e-cigarette products in rural California. Payán DD, Burke NJ, Persinger J, Martinez J, Jones Barker L, Song AV. Tob Control. 2022 Jan 21:tobaccocontrol-2021-057031. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057031. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35064014

Association of tobacco retailer count with smoking population versus vaping population in California (2019). Purushothaman V, Cuomo RE, Li J, Nali M, Mackey TK. Arch Public Health. 2022 Jan 27;80(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00799-1. PMID: 35086563 Free PMC article.

Tobacco company agreements with tobacco retailers for price discounts and prime placement of products and advertising: a scoping review. Reimold AE, Lee JGL, Ribisl KM. Tob Control. 2022 Jan 24:tobaccocontrol-2021-057026. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35074932

Beyond Strong Enforcement: Understanding the Factors Related to Retailer Compliance With Tobacco 21. Roberts ME, Klein EG, Ferketich AK, Keller-Hamilton B, Berman ML, Chacko M, Jenkins CF, Segall MH, Woodyard KC. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Nov 5;23(12):2084-2090. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab093. PMID: 33982115

Correlates of e-cigarette use before and after comprehensive regulatory changes and e-liquid flavour ban among general population. Ruokolainen O, Ollila H, Karjalainen K. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/dar.13435. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35106874

Spatial clustering of hookah lounges, vape shops and all tobacco retailers near colleges. Sun DL, Schleicher NC, Recinos A, Henriksen L. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 11:ntac007. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac007. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35022769

Differential impact of the Canadian point-of-sale tobacco display bans on quit attempts and smoking cessation outcomes by sex, income and education: longitudinal findings from the ITC Canada Survey. Usidame B, Xie Y, Thrasher JF, Lozano P, Elliott MR, Fong GT, Fleischer NL. Tob Control. 2022 Jan 11:tobaccocontrol-2021-056805. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056805. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35017260

Young people’s e-cigarette risk perceptions, policy attitudes, and past-month nicotine vaping in 30 U.S. cities. Vogel EA, Henriksen L, Schleicher NC, Prochaska JJ. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Dec 1;229(Pt A):109122. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109122. Epub 2021 Oct 9. PMID: 34695673

Evaluating the Impact of Strong and Weak California Flavored Tobacco Sales Restriction Policies on the Tobacco Retail Environment. Welwean RA, Andersen-Rodgers E, Akintunde A, Zhang X. Am J Health Promot. 2022 Feb 1:8901171211068469. doi: 10.1177/08901171211068469. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35105227

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