Introduction Bangladesh’s cigarette smoking prevalence remained unchanged (around 14%) between 2009 and 2017. Through tax evasion and regulatory non-compliance, illicit trade might have contributed to ...

Background Cigarette smoking is associated with adverse health outcomes in people with and without disabilities. However, ...

Correspondence to Dr Alan D Lopez, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Dr. Lopez was affiliated with IHME and HMS when this work was undertaken; ...

Background The Mongolian government increased import tobacco tax by 30% in May 2017 and excise tobacco tax by 10% in January 2018. To assess the impact of these tax increases on illicit cigarette ...

Correspondence to Ms Michelle Duren, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; mduren3{at}jhmi.edu Introduction Nicotine ...

Background North Korea has taken steps to reduce smoking prevalence and its associated health risks by implementing the ...

Correspondence to Dr Muhammad Nasir, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan; nasir84{at}pide.org.pk Background While there is a large literature on the magnitude of ...

Objective To systematically review available data on the effects of heated tobacco products (HTPs) on biomarkers of potential harm (BoPH) and adverse events, including comparison to cigarettes, ...

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Correspondence to Dr Catherine O Egbe, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria 0001, Gauteng, South Africa; Catherine.Egbe{at}mrc.ac.za Yearly, ...

Correspondence to Dr Nadja Mallock, Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), 10589 Berlin, Germany; nadja.mallock{at}bfr.bund.de Background ...

Background The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China’s policy-makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% in 2015 to 20% by 2030. China has made progress on ...