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 January 2021 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.

Underage youth and young adult e-cigarette use and access before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.  Gaiha SM, Lempert LK, Halpern-Felsher B. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2027572. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27572. PMID: 33270127

Do e-cigarette sales reduce the demand for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products in the US? Evidence from the retail sales data.  Huang J, Wang Y, Duan Z, Kim Y, Emery SL, Chaloupka FJ. Prev Med. 2020 Dec 17:106376. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106376. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33346035

Signs and customer behaviors at vape shops: Multivariate multilevel model analysis. Huh J, Meza L, Galstyan E, Galimov A, Yu S, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Sussman S. Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Sep 4;12:100299. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100299. eCollection 2020 Dec. PMID: 33364308

A Simulation of the potential impact of restricting tobacco retail outlets around middle and high schools on tobacco advertisements.  Obinwa U, Pasch KE, Jetelina KK, Ranjit N, Perez A, Perry C, Harrell M. Tob Control. 2020 Dec 11:tobaccocontrol-2020-055724. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055724. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33310775

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