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 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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Review of Use Prevalence, Susceptibility, Advertisement Exposure, and Access to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems among Minorities and Low-Income Populations in the United States. Addo Ntim S, Martin B, Termeh-Zonoozi Y. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 20;19(20):13585. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013585. PMID: 36294164 Free PMC article.

Removal of mango-flavoured Juul pods created opportunity for adulterated mango Juul-compatible pods with altered chemical constituents. Dell LG, Page MK, Leigh NJ, Goniewicz ML. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(Suppl 3):s230-s233. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057476. PMID: 36328469 Free PMC article.

Compliance Checks Decrease Cigarette Sales Rates to Pseudo-Underaged Mystery Shoppers: A Quasi-Experimental Control Group Study. Feltmann K, Gripenberg J, Elgán TH. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 13;19(20):13161. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013161. PMID: 36293737 Free PMC article.

JUUL’s 2019 Removal of Mint-Flavored Pods and Changes to the Retail Environment of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in Florida and the United States. Gaber J, Gammon DG, Lee YO, Nonnemaker J, Young B, Kim A, Porter L. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 26;24(11):1748-1755. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac128. PMID: 35569072

Packaging Characteristics of Top-Selling Cigars in the United States, 2018. Giovenco DP, Spillane TE, Talbot E, Wackowski OA, Audrain-McGovern J, Ganz O, Delnevo CD. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 17;24(10):1678-1683. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac070. PMID: 35287167

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) flavours and devices used by adults before and after the 2020 US FDA ENDS enforcement priority: findings from the 2018 and 2020 US ITC Smoking and Vaping Surveys. Gravely S, Meng G, Hammond D, Reid JL, Seo YS, Hyland A, Cummings KM, Rivard C, Fong GT, Kasza KA. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(Suppl 3):s167-s175. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2022-057445. PMID: 36328466 Free PMC article.

Retailer Compliance With Tobacco 21 in New Jersey, 2019-2020. Hrywna M, Kong AY, Ackerman C, Hudson SV, Delnevo CD. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2235637. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35637. PMID: 36197667 Free PMC article.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking, vaping and smoking cessation services in the UK: A qualitative study. Johnston E, Bains M, Hunter A, Langley T. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 11:ntac227. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac227. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36218530 Free PMC article.

Relapse to problem drinking or trading up to spirits? Using U.S. national cross-sectional survey data to highlight possible negative impacts of potential tobacco retail changes. Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Henriksen L, Smith EA, McDaniel PA, Malone RE, Kerr WC. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022 Nov 1;17(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s13011-022-00498-8. PMID: 36320048 Free PMC article.

Evaluating the Effects of Denmark’s New Tobacco Control Act on Young People’s Use of Nicotine Products: A Study Protocol of the §SMOKE Study. Klitgaard MB, Jarlstrup NS, Lund L, Brink AL, Knudsen A, Christensen AI, Bast LS. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 6;19(19):12782. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912782. PMID: 36232080 Free PMC article.

Tobacco retail licencing systems in Europe. Kuipers MAG, Nuyts PAW, Willemsen MC, Kunst AE. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(6):784-788. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055910. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33579776 Free PMC article.

Global market trends of flavor capsule cigarettes and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes: An ecological analysis using commercial data across 78 countries, 2010-2020. Kyriakos CN, Qi D, Chang K, Laverty AA, Filippidis FT. Tob Induc Dis. 2022 Oct 10;20:85. doi: 10.18332/tid/153974. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36304063 Free PMC article.

A Long-Term National Survey of Compliance with the Ban on Selling Tobacco Products to Adolescents of Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. Li SR, Chiu YL, Lai CH, Tzeng YM, Lai YY, Liao WL, Chang KC, Wu RD, Lei LF, Huang IT, Kao S. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct 19;10(10):2077. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10102077. PMID: 36292524 Free PMC article.

Could We See the End of Tobacco Being Sold in Bars and Pubs in New Zealand? Marsh L, Iosua E, Quigg R, Brillinger J, Venter N, Wood S. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 17;24(10):1669-1677. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac094. PMID: 35417537

Electronic nicotine delivery system advertising in business-to-business publications, United States, 2015-2020. Marynak K, Welding K, Kelley D, Trigger S, Moran MB, Kennedy RD. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022 Oct 21. doi: 10.1111/dar.13558. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36269112

Youth Perspectives on Menthol Sales Restrictions in Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota. Moze JM, O’Gara EK, Fritz Fogel K, D’Silva J, Matter CM, Nichols EM. Health Promot Pract. 2022 Oct 19:15248399221127046. doi: 10.1177/15248399221127046. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36263446

A Pilot E-Cigarette Voucher Scheme in a Rural County of the United Kingdom. Notley C, Belderson P, Ward E, Wade J, Clarke H. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 14:ntac178. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac178. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36239328

Longitudinal analysis of tobacco and vape retail density in California. Purushothaman V, Cuomo RE, Leas E, Li J, Strong D, Mackey TK. Tob Induc Dis. 2022 Oct 17;20:87. doi: 10.18332/tid/153506. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36317059 Free PMC article.

Neighborhood distribution of availability of newer tobacco products: A US four-site study, 2021. Rose SW, Annabathula A, Westneat S, van de Venne J, Hrywna M, Ackerman C, Lee JGL, Sesay M, Giovenco DP, Spillane T, Hudson SV, Delnevo CD. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Oct 19;30:102028. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102028. eCollection 2022 Dec. PMID: 36325253 Free PMC article.

Analysis of e-cigarette warning letters issued by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020 and 2021. Schillo BA, Bertrand A, Briggs J, Kierstead EC, Silver NA, Yoon SN, Diaz MC. Tob Control. 2022 Oct 13:tobaccocontrol-2022-057359. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057359. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36229228

E-cigarette and tobacco product use among NYS youth before and after a state-wide vaping flavour restriction policy, 2020-2021. Schneller LM, Kasza KA, Hammond D, Bansal-Travers M, O’Connor R, Hyland A. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(Suppl 3):s161-s166. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2022-057450. PMID: 36328470 Free PMC article.

The association between objectively measured exposure to tobacco outlets and smoking cognitions: A study among non-smoking adolescents in four Dutch cities. van Deelen TRD, de Vet G, Zijp A, van den Putte B, Kunst AE, Kuipers MAG. Addiction. 2022 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/add.16076. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36307915

Tobacco industry marketing adaptations to Singapore plain packaging. van der Eijk Y, Yang AY. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(6):744-749. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056324. Epub 2021 May 12. PMID: 33980723

Cigarette Display Regulation At Point Of Sales (POS) And Its Impact On Cigarette Sales. Widianawati E, Agiwahyuanto F, Wulan WR, Khoironi A, Ahsan A. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2022 Oct 1;23(10):3431-3435. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.10.3431. PMID: 36308368 Free PMC article.

Tobacco mythbusting-tobacco is not a major driver of foot traffic in low socio-economic small retail stores. Wood L, Gazey A. Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(6):754-757. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056310. Epub 2021 Apr 8. PMID: 33833091 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, May 2022, June 2022, July 2022, August 2022, September 2022