To the Editors: Gritz et al. published an editorial calling for increased research efforts to reduce the risk of lung cancer in smokers (1). They emphasized research on smoking behavior and preventing the development of cancer but do not mention safer cigarettes, which offer the most immediate promise for reducing the risk of lung cancer. Most smoking-related lung cancer is almost certainly ind...

BACKGROUND Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes have increased in popularity, yet their comparative potential toxicity is uncertain. This study compares smoking of RYO and factory-made (FM) cigarettes on smoking pattern and immediate potential toxicity. METHODS At a research clinic, 26 RYO and 22 FM volunteer male cigarette smokers, (addicted and overnight-tobacco-abstinent) each smoked 4 filter ci...

BACKGROUND Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes has rapidly grown in the USA recently, in step with increased product marketing. Using responses to a population survey of US adults, we analysed demographic patterns of exposure to, searching for and sharing of e-cigarette-related information across media platforms. METHODS An online survey of 17,522 US adults was conducted in 2013. The n...

BACKGROUND The emergence of hookah is being noted on college campuses and in large U.S. cities and evidence points to an increasing trend for college students. The purpose of this study was to assess hookah use and identify associations with cigarette smoking and demographic factors. METHODS An intercept sampling method was used at various locations on a large university campus in the southea...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether development of smokeless tobacco products (SLT) is intended to target current smokers. METHODS This study analysed internal tobacco industry documents to describe research related to the smokeless tobacco market. Relevant documents included those detailing the development and targeting of SLT products with a particular emphasis on moist snuff. RESULTS Cigare...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax revenues. METHODS A model of the global cigarette market in 2014--developed using data for 181 countries--was used to quantify the impact of raising cigarette excise in each country by one international dollar (I$) per 20-...

BACKGROUND There are many different kinds of cigarettes and tobacco available in the market. Since nicotine content of various brands of cigarettes are very variable, therefore evaluation and comparison of nicotine content of different brands of cigarettes is important. The goal of the present study was to determine and compare nicotine content of various domestic and imported cigarettes availa...

BACKGROUND According to the gateway hypothesis, tobacco use is a gateway of cannabis use. However, there is increasing evidence that cannabis use also predicts the progression of tobacco use (reverse gateway hypothesis). Unfortunately, the importance of cannabis use compared to other predictors of tobacco use is less clear. The aim of this study was to examine which variables, in addition to ca...

OBJECTIVE To explore messages of psychosocial needs satisfaction in cigarette advertising targeting women and implications for tobacco control policy. METHODS Analysis of internal tobacco industry documents and public advertising collections. RESULTS Tobacco industry market research attempted to identify the psychosocial needs of different groups of women, and cigarette advertising campaign...

A method for the rapid analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in smoke from tobacco and electronic cigarettes and in exhaled breath of users of these smoking systems has been developed. Both disposable and rechargeable e-cigarettes were considered. Smoke or breath were collected in Bio-VOCs. VOCs were then desorbed in Tenax cartridges which were subsequently analyzed by thermal desorptio...