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 2023 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

Support for Policies to Prohibit the Sale of Menthol Cigarettes and All Tobacco Products Among Adults, 2021. Al-Shawaf M, Grooms KN, Mahoney M, Buchanan Lunsford N, Lawrence Kittner D. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Feb 2;20:E05. doi: 10.5888/pcd20.220128. PMID: 36729702 Free PMC article.

Strengthening policies and structures to combat illicit tobacco trade in the Philippines. Arda JRY, Santiago AJA. Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 25;11:1089853. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1089853. eCollection 2023. PMID: 36761124 Free PMC article.

How the Other Half Sees It: E-cigarette Advertising Exposure and Subsequent E-cigarette Use Among U.S. Young Adult Cigarette Smokers. Chen-Sankey J, Lopez M, Elhabashy M, Broun A. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Feb 9;25(3):453-461. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac169. PMID: 35802421

Do cigarette prices near secondary schools vary by area-level socioeconomic status? Findings from a field study in Ontario and Québec, Canada. Guindon GE, Montreuil A, Driezen P, Stahlbaum R, Giolat D, Baskerville NB. Health Place. 2023 Jan;79:102936. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102936. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID: 36493496

E-Cigarette Retailers’ Use of Instagram in New Zealand: A Content Analysis. Hardie L, McCool J, Freeman B. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 19;20(3):1897. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031897. PMID: 36767263 Free PMC article.

Retailer’s Density and Single Stick Cigarette’s Accessibility among School-Age Children in Indonesia. Hartono RK, Meirawan RF, Nurhasana R, Dartanto T, Satrya A. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2023 Feb 1;24(2):675-682. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.2.675. PMID: 36853319

Perceptions of illicit tobacco sources following a proposed reduction in tobacco availability: A qualitative analysis of New Zealanders who smoke. Hoek J, Graham-DeMello A, Wilson N. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Mar 4:ntad034. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad034. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36869819

E-cigarettes: A continuing public health challenge in India despite comprehensive bans. Pettigrew S, Alvin Santos J, Miller M, Sudhir Raj T, Jun M, Morelli G, Jones A. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Jan 2;31:102108. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102108. eCollection 2023 Feb. PMID: 36820378 Free PMC article.

Content analysis of Dutch newspaper coverage of three tobacco control policies, 2017-2019. Poole NL, van Straaten B, van den Brand FA, Gilmore AB, Willemsen MC, Nagelhout GE. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 10;13(2):e057912. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057912. PMID: 36764730 Free PMC article.

A Pilot E-Cigarette Voucher Scheme in a Rural County of the United Kingdom. Notley C, Belderson P, Ward E, Wade J, Clarke H. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Feb 9;25(3):586-589. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac178. PMID: 36239328

E-cigarette Marketing Expenditures in the United States From 2016 to 2021: Targeted Media Outlets Geared Toward People Who Are at Increased Risk for Tobacco Use. Ozga JE, Stroup AM, Abadi MH, Cheney MK, Majmundar A, Garrison KA, Chen-Sankey J, Shamblen S, Dunlap C, Stanton CA. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Feb 9;25(3):581-585. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac209. PMID: 36070398 Free PMC article.

“They’re sleek, stylish and sexy:” selling e-cigarettes online. Riwu Bara RP, McCausland K, Swanson M, Scott L, Jancey J. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2023 Feb;47(1):100013. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2022.100013. Epub 2023 Jan 13. PMID: 36641959 Review.

Association of tobacco use with the tobacco-related built environment: an ecological study from urban slums of Bhopal, India. Sabde YD, Yadav V, Pakhare AP, Kumar S, Joshi A, Joshi R. Glob Health Res Policy. 2023 Feb 10;8(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s41256-023-00287-1. PMID: 36765399 Free PMC article.

The unseen cloud: a survey of vaping practices and the acquisition of vaping products within the UK. Sund LJ, Wood DM, Archer JRH, Blundell MS, Dargan PI. QJM. 2023 Feb 24;116(2):99-106. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac220. PMID: 36066433

The association between objectively measured exposure to tobacco outlets and smoking cognitions: a study among non-smoking adolescents in four Dutch cities. van Deelen TRD, de Vet G, Zijp A, van den Putte B, Kunst AE, Kuipers MG. Addiction. 2023 Mar;118(3):500-508. doi: 10.1111/add.16076. Epub 2022 Nov 24. PMID: 36307915

COVID-19 Restrictions and Adolescent Cigarette and E-cigarette Use in California. Wharton MK, Islam S, Abadi MH, Pokhrel P, Lipperman-Kreda S. Am J Prev Med. 2023 Mar;64(3):385-392. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.09.014. Epub 2022 Oct 17. PMID: 36347663 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, July 2022, August 2022, September 2022, October 2022, November 2022, December 2022, January 2023