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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Objective This study explored the nature and extent of tobacco product availability at retailers near junior, senior and vocational high schools in rural and urban areas in 10 cities across China, ...

Correspondence to Professor Janet Hoek, Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6242, New Zealand; janet.hoek{at}otago.ac.nz In this commentary, we draw on Lopez et al’s model to outline how ...

An increasing number of countries have set tobacco endgame goals that target dramatic reductions in smoking prevalence. To achieve those targets and promote health equity, policies are needed to ...

Background China is the country with the highest burden of tobacco-caused disease. We characterised the extent to which cigarette pack marketing features (eg, imagery, text, pack color) could ...

Objective This systematic review on flavour capsule cigarettes aims to examine prevalence, correlates of use, behaviours and perceptions of these products globally. Data sources A search of original, ...