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Velo (BAT) buffet of oral nicotine pouches in Pakistan: varying brand variant levels of nicotine, menthol and other flavour chemicals
Introduction Global sales of oral nicotine pouches are increasing. 10 brand variants of Velo (BAT) pouches were purchased in ...
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Support among adults for a policy to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes and cigars – USA, 2023
Nicotine is highly addictive and plays a dominant role in sustaining commercial tobacco use. This study assesses support for a policy to lower the nicotine levels in both cigarettes and cigars because ...
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Source: authors’ calculation based on the database of BPJS-K and SUSENAS 2019. BPJS-K, Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan; RR, relative risk; SUSENAS, Survei Sosial-Ekonomi Nasional.
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Electrical features, liquid composition and toxicant emissions from ‘pod-mod’-like disposable electronic cigarettes
Correspondence to Professor Alan Shihadeh, Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut 11-0236, Lebanon; as20{at}aub.edu.lb Introduction Use of flavoured pod-mod-like disposable ...
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The Virginia Slims identity crisis: an inside look at tobacco industry marketing to women
Objectives: Because no prior studies have comprehensively analysed previously secret tobacco industry documents describing marketing female brands, the Virginia Slims brand was studied to explore how ...
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Longitudinal study of e-cigarette use and onset of cigarette smoking among high school students in Hawaii
1 Prevention and Control Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 2 Cancer Control Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 4 Office of Public Health ...
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Lessons learned from cigarette tax harmonisation in the European Union
International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Correspondence to Dr Evan Blecher, International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams ...
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Promotion of tobacco products on Facebook: policy versus practice
Background Facebook has a comprehensive set of policies intended to inhibit promotion and sales of tobacco products. Their effectiveness has yet to be studied. Methods Leading tobacco brands (388) ...
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Applying toxicological risk assessment principles to constituents of smokeless tobacco products: implications for product regulation
2 Center for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to OA Ayo-Yusuf, Department of ...
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Flavour spectrum of the Puff family of disposable e-cigarettes
Correspondence to Professor Robert K Jackler, Stanford Research into The Impact of Tobacco Advertising, 801 Welch Road, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; ...
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Creating a market for IQOS: analysis of Philip Morris’ strategy to introduce heated tobacco products to the Australian consumer market
Correspondence to Christina Watts, Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; ...