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Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - October 7, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Cover / Standing Material Source Type: research
Tobacco Pricing in Military Stores: Views of Military Policy Leaders
Conclusions:
Achieving a tobacco-free military will require changing pricing policy, but this study suggests that for effective implementation, military leadership must also understand and articulate more clearly the rationale for doing so.
Implications:
Previous work has found that adherence to military tobacco pricing policy is inconsistent at best. This study suggests that lack of knowledge about the policy and conflicting pressures resulting from the funding stream tobacco sales represent extend to high level military policy leaders. Without clearer information and direction, these leaders are unlikely to be able to e...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Smith, E. A., Jahnke, S. A., Poston, W. S. C., Malone, R. E., Haddock, C. K. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Recruiting Pregnant Indigenous Women Who Smoke into a High Contact Incentivized Cessation Trial: A Feasibility Study
Conclusions:
Recruitment was difficult and varied by source of first contact. Once enrolled, it was feasible to maintain intensive contact with participants who stayed engaged. The number lost to follow-up was high. We concluded that the tenor of trial promotion could have influenced recruitment and retention rates. Further research with indigenous women is needed to identify better recruitment and retention methods.
Implication:
With the rising cost of research and the increased competition for funds, it is important to have evidence that intervention studies with minority group pregnant women who smoke are feasible. Mai...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Kira, A., Glover, M., Walker, N., Bauld, L. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Light Smokers
Conclusions:
Varenicline was safe and effective for increasing long-term smoking abstinence rates in a population of predominantly White light cigarette smoker. The efficacy of varenicline in this study was comparable to that observed in heavier smokers.
Implications:
Our findings demonstrate that varenicline is effective for increasing smoking cessation in light smokers. Our findings have implications for advancing the treatment of light smokers in clinical practice. (Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research)
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Ebbert, J. O., Croghan, I. T., Hurt, R. T., Schroeder, D. R., Hays, J. T. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Effects of State-Level Tobacco Environment on Cigarette Smoking are Stronger Among Those With Individual-Level Risk Factors
Conclusions:
Further restricting states’ smoking environments could help reduce the prevalence of smoking and heavy smoking, particularly among those at increased individual risk in the general population.
Implications:
This study shows that the protective effect of restrictive state-level tobacco environments on smoking or heavy smoking was stronger among those especially vulnerable due to individual-level risk factors (parental substance problems, childhood maltreatment). Thus, public health campaigns to influence attitudes towards smoking or legislation to strengthen tobacco control could have a broad effect, par...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Shmulewitz, D., Stohl, M., Keyes, K. M., Brown, Q., Saha, T. D., Hasin, D. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Is a Price Increase Policy Enough for Adolescent Smokers?: Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Increasing Cigarette Prices Among Korean Adolescent Smokers
Conclusions:
Because heavier smokers with higher risk of health-related consequences were less sensitive to pricing policy than mild smokers, pricing policy alone is not enough to reduce the societal burden caused by smoking. We suggest that additional cessation policy is needed along with pricing policy for adolescents with heavier smoking behavior in Korea.
Implication:
This study shows that heavy smokers are more likely to be persistent smokers despite the cigarette price increase policy, compared with light smokers in Korean adolescents. Because heavier smokers were less sensitive to pricing policy than mild smokers, ...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Lee, Y. S., Kim, H.-S., Kim, H.-D., Yoo, K.-B., Jang, S.-I., Park, E.-C. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
E-cigarettes, Hookah Pens and Vapes: Adolescent and Young Adult Perceptions of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Conclusions:
Young adults and adolescents report distinct ENDS sub-types with varying characteristics and social perceptions of users. Although they had more positive than negative perceptions of ENDS, prevention efforts should consider highlighting negative attributes as they may discourage use and product trial among young nonusers.
Implications:
Our study underscores the need for a standardized measurement system for ENDS sub-types and additional research on how ENDS sub-types are perceived among adolescents and young adults. In addition, our findings highlight negative product attributes reported by participants that ...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Wagoner, K. G., Cornacchione, J., Wiseman, K. D., Teal, R., Moracco, K. E., Sutfin, E. L. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Using Cognitive Interviewing to Better Assess Young Adult E-cigarette Use
Conclusions:
Accurate assessment of ENDS products proved challenging, but cognitive interviews provided valuable insight into survey interpretation that was otherwise inaccessible to researchers. Future research that explores how to assess the wide array of ENDS devices, as well as possible population differences among specific device-type users would be valuable to public health researchers and professionals.
Implications:
This study extends the current literature by using cognitive interviews to test ENDS assessment questions in a sample of young adults, a population at elevated risk for ENDS use. Problems encountered w...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Hinds, J. T., Loukas, A., Chow, S., Pasch, K. E., Harrell, M. B., Perry, C. L., Delnevo, C., Wackowski, O. A. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
The Potential That Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Can be a Disruptive Technology: Results From a National Survey
Conclusion:
Since many current smokers who have tried ENDS reject them as a satisfying alternative to regular cigarettes, ENDS will not replace regular cigarettes unless they improve.
Implications:
Since about one-half of recent former smokers are trying ENDS with about one-fourth continuing to use them, and many reporting that these products have helped them quit regular cigarettes, the potential impact of ENDS on population quit rates deserves continued surveillance. However, since most current smokers who have tried ENDS reject them as a satisfying alternative to regular cigarettes, the potential of ENDS becoming a dis...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Pechacek, T. F., Nayak, P., Gregory, K. R., Weaver, S. R., Eriksen, M. P. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
"It Looks Like an Adult Sweetie Shop": Point-of-Sale Tobacco Display Exposure and Brand Awareness in Scottish Secondary School Students
Conclusions:
This mixed-methods study showed that higher cigarette brand awareness was significantly associated with regularly visiting small shops and noticing PoS displays in small and large shops, even when students’ smoking status, smoking in their social networks, leisure activities, and demographics were included as confounding variables. This highlights the importance of PoS displays of tobacco products in increasing brand awareness, which is known to increase youth smoking susceptibility, and thus the importance of implementing PoS display bans in all shops.
Implications:
As increasing restrictions have been...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: van der Sluijs, W., Haseen, F., Miller, M., MacGregor, A., Sharp, C., Amos, A., Best, C., Stead, M., Eadie, D., Pearce, J., Frank, J., Haw, S. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Prices and E-Cigarette Demand: Evidence From the European Union
Conclusions:
Our results indicate that the sales of e-cigarettes are responsive to price changes, which suggests that excise taxes can help governments to mitigate an increase in e-cigarette use. E-cigarettes and regular cigarettes are substitutes, with higher cigarette prices being associated with increased e-cigarette sales. Making combustible cigarettes more expensive compared to e-cigarettes could be effective in moving current combustible smokers to e-cigarettes, which might have positive health effects.
Implications:
This study is an exploratory analysis of the issues around e-cigarette taxation in Europe. Our resul...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Stoklosa, M., Drope, J., Chaloupka, F. J. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Is the E-Liquid Industry Regulating Itself? A Look at E-Liquid Internet Vendors in the United States
Conclusions:
Irrespective of trade association membership or vendor popularity, online vendors of e-liquids are not taking the proper precautions in preventing sales to minors. The FDA’s upcoming deeming rules on e-cigarette products should include explicit requirements for offline and online e-liquid vendors, particularly the use of effective age verification, warning labels, and child-resistant packaging.
Implications:
This study demonstrates that, in the absence of any current FDA regulation of e-liquid products, self-regulation among vendors is not effective in preventing product acquisition by minors. Lax overs...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Nikitin, D., Timberlake, D. S., Williams, R. S. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Efficacy of a Nurse-Delivered Intervention to Prevent and Delay Postpartum Return to Smoking: The Quit for Two Trial
Conclusions:
Low-risk women fared better with a minimal intervention that focused on parenting skills and stress than when they received an intensive smoking abstinence intervention. The opposite was true for women who were at high risk of returning to smoking. Clinicians might need to tailor their approach based on whether women are at high or low risk of returning to smoking.
Implications:
Results suggest that high-risk and low-risk women might benefit from different types of smoking relapse interventions. Those who are lower risk of returning to smoking might benefit from stress reduction that is devoid of smoking cont...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Pollak, K. I., Fish, L. J., Lyna, P., Peterson, B. L., Myers, E. R., Gao, X., Swamy, G. K., Brown-Johnson, A., Whitecar, P., Bilheimer, A. K., Pletsch, P. K. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
