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Background Following California’s statewide law prohibiting the sale of flavoured tobacco products, some cigarette brands ...

K G Darrall, Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC), Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LY, UK.kgd{at}lgc.co.uk OBJECTIVE To identify the key parameters that influence smoke yields from roll ...

Aims: Little is known about the extent to which quit attempts are planned ahead or initiated immediately following a sudden decision to quit. This is important because if most smokers quit abruptly, ...

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Correspondence to Dr Ce Shang, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; cshang{at}uic.edu Background Recent studies ...

Correspondence to Dr James F Thrasher, Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Discovery I Building, 534D, 915 Greene Street ...

Correspondence to Heather N Platter, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, School of Public Health (Bldg #255), 4200 Valley Drive, Suite 1234, College Park, MD 20742, ...

Objectives To monitor trends in under-reporting of smoking in Italy over the last two decades. Methods A total of 9 representative population-based surveys on smoking conducted in Italy in 1990 and ...

Correspondence to: Professor Bernard W Stewart South East Sydney Public Health Unit, Locked Bag 88, Randwick NSW 2031 Australia; stewartbsesahs.nsw.gov.au Objective: To determine the efficacy of ...