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 October 2020 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.

Density of cigarette retailers around educational facilities in Indonesia. Adisasmito W, Amir V, Atin A, Megraini A, Kusuma D. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Aug 1;24(8):770-775. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0686. PMID: 32912380

E-cigarette unit sales, by product and flavor type – United States, 2014-2020. Ali FRM, Diaz MC, Vallone D, Tynan MA, Cordova J, Seaman EL, Trivers KF, Schillo BA, Talley B, King BA. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Sep 18;69(37):1313-1318. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6937e2. PMID: 32941416

Menthol e-cigarette sales rise following 2020 FDA guidance. Diaz MC, Donovan EM, Schillo BA, Vallone D. Tob Control. 2020 Sep 23:tobaccocontrol-2020-056053. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056053. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32967985

Demographic and psychological moderators of the relationship between neighborhood cigarette advertising and current smoking in New York City. Giovenco DP, Spillane TE, Baig SA, Dumas SE, Dongchung TY, Sanderson M, Sisti JS, Farley SM, Jasek JP, Seligson AL. Health Place. 2020 Sep 15;66:102441. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102441. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32947186

Regulating tobacco retail outlets in Bangladesh: retailers’ views and implications for tobacco control advocacy. Hossain S, Anjum A, Uddin ME, Rahman F, Mahmud HM, Ahmed MK, Islam MS. Tob Control. 2020 Sep 8:tobaccocontrol-2019-055418. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055418. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32900919

Are waterpipe café, vape shop, and traditional tobacco retailer locations associated with community composition and young adult tobacco use in North Carolina and Virginia? King JL, Wagoner KG, Suerken CK, Song EY, Reboussin BA, Spangler J, Walker S, Cornacchione Ross J, Wolfson M, Sutfin EL. Subst Use Misuse. 2020 Sep 24:1-8. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1823417. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32969275

Boosting the Tobacco Control Vaccine: recognizing the role of the retail environment in addressing tobacco use and disparities. Kong AY, King BA. Tob Control. 2020 Sep 23:tobaccocontrol-2020-055722. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055722. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32967986

Availability of menthol cigarettes in Oakland, California after a partial flavor ban.
Kurti MK, Schroth KRJ, Ackerman C, Kennedy M, Jeong M, Delnevo CD. Prev Med Rep. 2020 Sep 18;20:101200. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101200. eCollection 2020 Dec. PMID: 32995144

An analysis of the FTC’s attempt to stop the Altria-Juul Labs deal. Levy DT, Douglas CE, Sanchez-Romero LM, Cummings KM, Sweanor DT. Tob Regul Sci. 2020 Jul;6(4):302-305. doi: 10.18001/TRS.6.4.7. PMID: 32901222

Impact of three annual tobacco tax rises on tobacco sales in remote Australian Aboriginal community stores. Thomas DP, McMahon E, Wang Z, Scollo MM, Durkin SJ. Tob Control. 2020 Sep 23:tobaccocontrol-2020-055865. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055865. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32967983

Dataset on cigarette smokers in six South African townships. Vellios N, van der Zee K. Data Brief. 2020 Sep 2;32:106260. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106260. eCollection 2020 Oct. PMID: 32964081

‘The last line of marketing’: Covert tobacco marketing tactics as revealed by former tobacco industry employees. Watts C, Burton S, Freeman B. Glob Public Health. 2020 Sep 18:1-14. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1824005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32946326

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])