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 November 2020 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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E-cigarette retailer storefront availability following a nationwide prohibition of e-cigarettes in India: A multicentric compliance assessment. Amalia B, Kapoor S, Sharma R, Singh RJ. Tob Prev Cessat. 2020 Jul 15;6:42. doi: 10.18332/tpc/123822. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33083675 

Vape shop and consumer activity during COVID-19 non-essential business closures in the USA. Berg CJ, Callanan R, Johnson TO, Schliecher NC, Sussman S, Wagener TL, Meaney M, Henriksen L. Tob Control. 2020 Oct 19:tobaccocontrol-2020-056171. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056171. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33077506

Convenience store access and e-cigarette advertising exposure is associated with future e-cigarette initiation among tobacco-naïve youth in the PATH Study (2013-2016). D’Angelo H, Patel M, Rose SW. J Adolesc Health. 2020 Oct 7:S1054-139X(20)30513-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.030. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33039271

Vape shop employees: Do they act as smoking cessation counselors?  Galimov A, Meza L, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Cruz TB, Sussman S. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Oct 23:ntaa218. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa218. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33094337

Influencer prevalence and role on cigar brand Instagram pages. Navarro MA, O’Brien EK, Ganz O, Hoffman L. Tob Control. 2020 Oct 12:tobaccocontrol-2020-055994. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055994. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33046583

Identifying best practices in adoption, implementation and enforcement of flavoured tobacco product restrictions and bans: Lessons from experts. Peck K, Rodericks R, Irvin L, Johnson L, Tamashiro J, Ching L, Sentell T, Pirkle C. Tob Control. 2020 Oct 16:tobaccocontrol-2020-055884. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055884. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33067409

Effects of a youth-engaging intervention on illegal sales by tobacco retailers near schools in Thailand.  Phetphum C, Noosorn N. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2020 Sep-Oct;32(6-7):340-345. doi: 10.1177/1010539520942686. Epub 2020 Jul 22. PMID: 32698607

Adolescent tobacco exposure in 31 Latin American cities before and after the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. Prado-Galbarro FJ, Auchincloss AH, Pérez-Ferrer C, Sanchez-Franco S, Barrientos-Gutierrez T. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 12;17(20):7423. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207423. PMID: 33053821

Perceptions of E-cigarettes and flavor restrictions among tobacco retailers in Los Angeles. Smiley SL, Shin H, Rose SW, Rodriguez YL, Barahona R, Baezconde-Garbanati L. Am J Health Behav. 2020 Nov 1;44(6):893-901. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.44.6.12. PMID: 33081884

Tobacco industry targeting of health-conscious youth with ‘lighter’ cigarettes: The case of Singapore. van der Eijk Y, Tan GPP. Tob Control. 2020 Oct 16:tobaccocontrol-2020-055923. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055923. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33067408

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