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 2021 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 advertising exposure among South African adults in 2017: Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Agaku IT, Egbe CO, Ayo-Yusuf OA. BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 16;11(8):e048462. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048462. PMID: 34400455

Young adult e-cigarette use and retail exposure in 6 US metropolitan areas. Berg CJ, Duan X, Getachew B, Pulvers K, Crawford ND, Sussman S, Ma Y, Jones-Harrell C, Henriksen L. Tob Regul Sci. 2021 Jan;7(1):59-75. doi: 10.18001/trs.7.1.5.PMID: 34368404 

How a sample of English stop smoking services and vape shops adapted during the early COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey. Cox S, Ward E, Ross L, Notley C. Harm Reduct J. 2021 Aug 31;18(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00541-0. PMID: 34465346

Image processing for public health surveillance of tobacco point-of-sale advertising: machine learning-based methodology. English N, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Zhao C, Latterner A, Benson AF, Herman P, Emery S, Schneider J, Rose SW, Patel M, Schillo BA. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Aug 27;23(8):e24408. doi: 10.2196/24408. PMID: 34448700

Multi-level drivers of tobacco use and purchasing behaviors during COVID-19 “lockdown”: A qualitative study in the United States. Giovenco DP, Spillane TE, Maggi RM, Lee EY, Philbin MM. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Aug;94:103175. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103175. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PMID: 33662811

Seasonal variation in lifestyle behavior in Poland: Google searches and market sales analysis. Kamiński M, Kręgielska-Narożna M, Bogdański P. BMC Public Health. 2021 Aug 6;21(1):1516. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11543-9. PMID: 34362345

Sociodemographic inequities in tobacco retailer density: Do neighboring places matter? Kong AY, Delamater PL, Gottfredson NC, Ribisl KM, Baggett CD, Golden SD. Health Place. 2021 Aug 27;71:102653. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102653. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34461529

Associations of tobacco retailer density and proximity with adult tobacco use behaviours and health outcomes: a meta-analysis. Lee JGL, Kong AY, Sewell KB, Golden SD, Combs TB, Ribisl KM, Henriksen L. Tob Control. 2021 Sep 3:tobaccocontrol-2021-056717. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056717. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34479990

Operationalizing the population health framework: clinical characteristics, social context, and the built environment. Siegel SD, Brooks M, Curriero FC. Popul Health Manag. 2021 Aug;24(4):454-462. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0170. Epub 2020 Oct 13. PMID: 34406088

Emerging electronic cigarette policies in European member states, Canada, and the United States. Snell LM, Nicksic N, Panteli D, Burke S, Eissenberg T, Fattore G, Gauci C, Koprivnikar H, Murauskiene L, Reinap M, Barnes AJ. Health Policy. 2021 Apr;125(4):425-435. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.02.003. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33663799

The market for bidis, smokeless tobacco, and cigarettes in India: Evidence from semi-urban and rural areas in five states. Welding K, Iacobelli M, Saraf S, Smith KC, Puntambekar N, Gupta PC, Cohen JE. Int J Public Health. 2021 May 12;66:1604005. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604005. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34335142

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