Article
Substance Abuse
Benoit Gomis, Allen William Andrew Gallagher, Andy Rowell, Anna B. Gilmore
Summary: Research shows that tobacco companies have been actively involved in shaping the Protocol to minimize their own financial and legal costs and increase pressure on smaller competitors. This raises concerns about the effectiveness of the Protocol in controlling illicit tobacco trade and the tobacco industry's ongoing involvement in it.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chuanwei Ma, Yayang Huang, Sixuan Li, Min Zhao, Xinying Zeng, Xinbo Di, Costan G. Magnussen, Bo Xi, Shiwei Liu
Summary: It is well-known that secondhand smoke exposure among adolescents in China is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study found that while prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure decreased from 2013-2014 to 2019, it still remains unacceptably high. More effective strategies and stronger action are needed in China to further reduce secondhand smoke exposure among adolescents.
JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sara Schiavone, Carrie Anderson, Ute Mons, Volker Winkler
Summary: The study found that countries with extensive or complete smoking bans had lower likelihood of SHS exposure in restaurants and bars compared to those with partial bans. Additionally, SHS exposure in restaurants and bars decreased significantly between 2014 and 2017.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Li-Zi Lin, Shu-Li Xu, Qi-Zhen Wu, Yang Zhou, Hui-Min Ma, Duo-Hong Chen, Peng-Xin Dong, Shi-Min Xiong, Xu-Bo Shen, Pei-En Zhou, Ru-Qing Liu, Gongbo Chen, Hong-Yao Yu, Bo-Yi Yang, Xiao-Wen Zeng, Li-Wen Hu, Yuan-Zhong Zhou, Guang-Hui Dong
Summary: The study highlights the association between early-life secondhand smoke exposure and increased risk of sleep problems in children, especially with symptoms like sleep-wake transition disorders (e.g., bruxism). Efforts should be made to maintain a smoke-free environment in early life to prevent these issues.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Georg E. Matt, Lydia Greiner, Rachael A. Record, Heather Wipfli, Jamie Long, Nathan G. Dodder, Eunha Hoh, Nicolas Lopez Galvez, Thomas E. Novotny, Penelope J. E. Quintana, Hugo Destaillats, Xiaochen Tang, Antoine M. Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao, Bo Hang, Suzaynn Schick, Peyton Jacob, Prue Talbot, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Ashley L. Merianos, Thomas F. Northrup, Lara Gundel, Neal L. Benowitz
Summary: Since the 1970s, policies prohibiting smoking indoors have saved numerous lives and reduced healthcare expenditure. However, these policies do not fully protect the public from the long-lasting toxic residues of tobacco smoke, known as thirdhand smoke. This article discusses the differences between secondhand and thirdhand smoke exposure and proposes four policy considerations to better protect the public and remediate thirdhand smoke.
Article
Substance Abuse
Nick Wilson, Amanda C. Jones, George W. Thomson
Summary: Despite New Zealand's smoke-free goal, the majority of its airports have deficient smoke-free policies. There is a need to make airport grounds entirely smoke-free.
Article
Substance Abuse
Yvette van der Eijk, Grace Ping Ping Tan, Odelia Teo
Summary: The current system to address neighbors' secondhand smoke includes moral persuasion, mediation, and legal dispute. Moral persuasion and mediation are often ineffective as they rely on smokers voluntarily restricting their smoking habits. Legal dispute can result in a court order to stop smoking inside the home, but the process places a high burden of evidence on complainants.
Article
Substance Abuse
Sisay Derso Mengesha, Bitsat Shimeles, Baharu Zewdie, Asnakech Alermu, Heran Gerba, Coral E. Gartner
Summary: This observational study aimed to assess compliance with smoke-free provisions in public places and workplaces in Ethiopia. The findings showed a high level of non-compliance in all sites, indicating the need for more effective implementation of smoke-free laws and enforcement actions.
Article
Substance Abuse
Sara Valmayor, Kilian Gonzalez, Maria J. Lopez, Patricia Lacera, Patricia Gimenez, Aitor Rumin-Caparros, Maria Isabel Pasarin, Elisabet Henderson, Elia Diez
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of a smoke-free beaches (SFB) intervention in Barcelona on smoking behavior during the 2021 bathing season. The intervention significantly reduced the percentage of people reporting witnessing smoking and the number of smokers observed on the beach.
Article
Substance Abuse
Nicola McMeekin, Olivia Wu, Kathleen Anne Boyd, Ashley Brown, Emily J. Tweed, Catherine Best, Peter Craig, Alastair H. Leyland, Evangelia Demou, Tom Byrne, Jill Pell, Sean Semple, Helen Sweeting, Lesley Graham, Kate Hunt
Summary: This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a smoke-free prison policy in Scotland, finding that implementing the policy leads to cost savings and health improvements for both people in custody and staff in the short term and long term.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Fulin Huang, Xinying Zeng, Xinbo Di, Lin Xiao, Shiwei Liu
Summary: The rate of secondhand smoke exposure among adolescent girls in China remains high, and targeted public health initiatives are urgently needed to address this issue.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Diana Hernandez, Farzana Khan, David Albert, Daniel Giovenco, Charles Branas, Linda Valeri, Ana Navas-Acien
Summary: This study aims to test two compliance support interventions for smoke-free housing policies in low-income multiunit housing. The interventions include reducing personal smoking and providing cessation support, as well as encouraging residents to voluntarily adopt smoke-free living environments. The study will compare participants in buildings that receive these interventions to those in buildings with the standard approach.
Review
Substance Abuse
Neiloy R. Sircar, Stella A. Bialous
Summary: BAT released a human rights report in 2020, showcasing their efforts in promoting human rights. However, their increasing use of human rights rhetoric does not seem to reflect a shift in the company's human rights positions and lack of impactful measures to eliminate the harms of their tobacco products.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joshua Miller, Maya Vijayaraghavan
Summary: This article describes the tobacco industry's response strategies to smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing, including distortion and deflection. Despite the efforts made by the tobacco industry, local governments continued to voluntarily implement smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Konstantina Koronaiou, Jawad A. Al-Lawati, Mohamed Sayed, Ali M. Alwadey, Ejlal F. Alalawi, Kholoud Almutawaa, Amal Hj Hussain, Wedad Al-Maidoor, Yahya M. Al-Farsi, Sofia Delipalla
Summary: This study estimated the economic cost of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The total cost was relatively low compared to other high-income countries, with the highest proportion of indirect cost resulting from smoking in men and middle-aged people.