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 July 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.

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. 2021 Jul 3:ntab142. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab142. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34216461

Turning over a new leaf: Vape shop closings, openings and transitions in six U.S. Metropolitan statistical areas. Barker DC, Henriksen L, Voelker DH, Ali A, Raskind IG, Schleicher NC, Johnson TO, Berg CJ. Prev Med Rep. 2021 May 30;23:101428. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101428. eCollection 2021 Sep. PMID: 34159050 Free PMC article.

Evidence of cushioning of tobacco tax increases in large retailers in Australia. Bayly M, Scollo M, Wakefield MA. Tob Control. 2021 Jun 11:tobaccocontrol-2020-056385. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056385. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34117099

Underutilisation of no-tobacco-sale orders against retailers that repeatedly sell to minors, 2015-2019, USA. Hemmerich N, Jenson D, Bowrey BL, Lee JGL. Tob Control. 2021 Jun 8:tobaccocontrol-2020-056379. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056379. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34103419

Hypothetical flavour ban and intention to vape among vape shop customers: The role of flavour preference and e-cigarette dependence. Huh J, Yu S, Galimov A, Meza LR, Galstyan E, Medel D, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Sussman S. Tob Control. 2021 Jun 10:tobaccocontrol-2020-056321. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056321. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34112647

Associations of county tobacco retailer availability with U.S. adult smoking behaviors, 2014-2015. Kong AY, Gottfredson NC, Ribisl KM, Baggett CD, Delamater PL, Golden SD. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Jun 13:S0749-3797(21)00228-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.03.015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34134883

Availability and promotion of cannabidiol (CBD) products in online vape shops. Leas EC, Moy N, McMenamin SB, Shi Y, Benmarhnia T, Stone MD, Trinidad DR, White M. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 22;18(13):6719. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136719. PMID: 34206501

Protecting vulnerable groups from tobacco-related harm during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Melamed OC, Zawertailo L, Schwartz R, Buckley L, Selby P. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Jun 23;41(10). doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.41.10.02. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34164973 English, French.

Flavors and implied reduced-risk descriptors in cigar ads at stores near schools. Sterling K, Vishwakarma M, Ababseh K, Henriksen L. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Jul 2:ntab136. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab136. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34214176

The association between e-cigarette price and TV advertising and the sales of smokeless tobacco products in the USA. Wang Y, Duan Z, Emery SL, Kim Y, Chaloupka FJ, Huang J. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 24;18(13):6795. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136795. PMID: 34202723

Tobacco purchasing motivations and behaviours in alcohol-licensed venues: A cross sectional survey of Australian young adults. Watts C, Burton S, Egger S, Freeman B. Health Promot J Austr. 2021 Jun 9. doi: 10.1002/hpja.508. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34107124

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