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 May 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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Impact of e-cigarette retail displays on attitudes to smoking and vaping in children: an online experimental study. Blackwell AKM, Pilling MA, De-Loyde K, Morris RW, Brocklebank LA, Marteau TM, Munafò MR. Tob Control. 2022 Apr 13:tobaccocontrol-2021-056980. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056980. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35418506

Density of Cigarette Retailers Near Facilities for Children and Adolescents in Urban and Rural Areas in Indonesia: A Geospatial Analysis. Dewi DMSK, Puspikawati SI, Astutik E, Kusuma D, Melaniani S, Sebayang SK. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2022 Apr 8:10105395221085067. doi: 10.1177/10105395221085067. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35392672

The Impact of Recent Tobacco Regulations and COVID-19 Restrictions and Implications for Future E-Cigarette Retail: Perspectives from Vape and Vape-and-Smoke Shop Merchants. Duan Z, Romm KF, Henriksen L, Schleicher NC, Johnson TO, Wagener TL, Sussman SY, Schillo BA, Huang J, Berg CJ. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 24;19(7):3855. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073855. PMID: 35409539 Free PMC article.

Tobacco Product Use and Associated Factors Among Middle and High School Students – National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2021. Gentzke AS, Wang TW, Cornelius M, Park-Lee E, Ren C, Sawdey MD, Cullen KA, Loretan C, Jamal A, Homa DM. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2022 Mar 11;71(5):1-29. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7105a1. PMID: 35271557 Free PMC article.

Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions Reduce Tobacco Product Availability and Retailer Advertising. Holmes LM, Lempert LK, Ling PM. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 15;19(6):3455. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063455. PMID: 35329145 Free PMC article.

Tailoring dissemination of evidence to preferences of tobacco control partners: results from an academic-community partnership. Mckay V, Vogel M, Combs T, Brossart L, Endrizal A, Andersen S, Poor T, Mahoney M, Luke D. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022 Apr 22;17(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13011-022-00450-w. PMID: 35459197 Free PMC article.

Inequalities in Tobacco Retailer Compliance Violations Across the State of Oklahoma, 2015-2019. Sedani AE, Chen S, Beetch JE, Martinez SA, Dao HDN, Campbell JE. J Community Health. 2022 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s10900-022-01091-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35476169 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