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 June 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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Tobacco retailer density and smoking behavior in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system. Baker J, Masood M, Rahman MA, Thornton L, Begg S. Tob Induc Dis. 2021 May 19;19:39. doi: 10.18332/tid/134190. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34045936

European progress in working towards a tobacco-free generation. Been JV, Laverty AA, Tsampi A, Filippidis FT. Eur J Pediatr. 2021 May 25. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04116-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34032890 Review

Implementation of e-cigarette regulation through the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2016) in Wales, Scotland and England from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in policy introduction and enforcement. Brown R, Van Godwin J, Page N, Bauld L, McKell J, Hallingberg B, Maynard O, Blackwell A, Moore G. Tob Prev Cessat. 2021 May 21;7:36. doi: 10.18332/tpc/134370. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34046533

A geospatial analysis of age disparities in resolute localities of tobacco and vaping-specific storefronts in California. Cuomo RE, Yang JS, Purushothaman VL, Nali M, Li J, Mackey TK. Tob Prev Cessat. 2021 May 12;7:32. doi: 10.18332/tpc/133933. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34017926

Implementation of a comprehensive flavoured tobacco product sales restriction and retail tobacco sales. Gammon DG, Rogers T, Gaber J, Nonnemaker JM, Feld AL, Henriksen L, Johnson TO, Kelley T, Andersen-Rodgers E. Tob Control. 2021 Jun 4:tobaccocontrol-2021-056494. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056494. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34088881

Smokeless tobacco point of sale advertising, placement and promotion: Associations with store and neighborhood characteristics. James SA, Heller JG, Hartman CJ, Schaff AC, Mushtaq N, Beebe LA. Front Public Health. 2021 May 13;9:668642. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.668642. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34055727

Promoting corporate image or preventing underage use? Analysis of the advertising strategy and expenditures of the JUUL parent education for youth vaping prevention campaign. Kostygina G, Szczypka G, Czaplicki L, Borowiecki M, Ahn R, Schillo B, Emery SL. Tob Control. 2021 May 31:tobaccocontrol-2020-056355. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056355. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 34059551

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 May 13:ntab093. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab093. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33982115

Tobacco industry marketing adaptations to Singapore plain packaging. van der Eijk Y, Yang AY. Tob Control. 2021 May 12:tobaccocontrol-2020-056324. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056324. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33980723

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