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 September 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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Implementing smokeless tobacco control policy in Pakistan: A qualitative study among Naswar supply chain actors. Ahmad F, Boeckmann M, Khan Z, Zeeb H, Khan MN, Ullah S, Dreger S, Haq ZU, Forberger S. Tob Control. 2020 Aug 18:tobaccocontrol-2020-055748. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055748. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32817262

Compliance of oral snuff (Naswar) packaging and sales practices with national tobacco control laws and the relevant articles of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Ahmad F, Khan Z, Siddiqi K, Khan MN, Boeckman M, Dregger S, Bauld L, Zeeb H, Forberger S. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Aug 17:ntaa144. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa144. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32804238

Sociodemographic disparities in the tobacco retail environment in Washington, DC: A spatial perspective. Anesetti-Rothermel A, Herman P, Bennett M, English N, Cantrell J, Schillo B, Hair EC, Vallone DM. Ethn Dis. 2020 Jul 9;30(3):479-488. doi: 10.18865/ed.30.3.479. eCollection 2020 Summer. PMID: 32742153

New tobacco products, old advertising strategies: Point-of-sale advertising in Guatemala. Barnoya J, Monzon D, Pinetta J, Grilo G, Cohen JE. Tob Control. 2020 Aug 19:tobaccocontrol-2020-055681. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055681. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32817571

Evaluating how licensing-law strategies will impact disparities in tobacco retailer density: A simulation in Ohio. Craigmile PF, Onnen N, Schwartz E, Glasser A, Roberts ME. Tob Control. 2020 Aug 21:tobaccocontrol-2020-055622. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055622. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32826386

“Because there’s just something about that menthol”: Exploring African American smokers’ perspectives on menthol smoking and local menthol sales restrictions. D’Silva J, O’Gara E, Fryer CS, Boyle RG. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Aug 22:ntaa164. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa164. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32827045

Why Tasmanian retailers stop selling tobacco and implications for tobacco control. Melody SM, Martin-Gall VA, Veitch MG. Tob Control. 2020 Aug 7:tobaccocontrol-2019-055588. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055588. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32769212

Association between school-based tobacco retailer exposures and young adolescent cigarette, cigar and e-cigarette use. Trapl E, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Pike Moore S, Gittleman H. Tob Control. 2020 Aug 19:tobaccocontrol-2020-055764. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055764. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32817573

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