Tobacco Control

is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide

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Tobacco Control is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.

Tobacco Control is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco's effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.

The journal is essential reading for everyone with an interest in tobacco control, including public health professionals, researchers, policy makers and educators.

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Ruth Malone
University of California San Francisco
Editorial board

Access the News and Views blog here and follow TC on social media: Twitter; Facebook; Podcasts; YouTube

COVID-19 and smoking: resources, research and news: To provide information to health professionals and the general public, this page provides resources, research and news reports about COVID-19 and smoking, vaping and other tobacco products. This page will be updated regularly as additional resources are published.

Current Issue

Tobacco Control 30th Anniversary

In 2022, Tobacco Control celebrates its 30th Anniversary! This occasion is being marked with a special Anniversary Issue, an infographic, and an interview with Editor-in-Chief Professor Ruth Malone.

You can now watch Professor Ruth Malone's interview with Dr Verrall covering New Zealand's world-leading plan to reach the smoke-free 2025 goal, the government's action plan & the role that research has played in shaping it.

Visit the Tobacco Control Anniversary Page to discover more about the last thirty years in tobacco control, and join the discussion on Twitter using #TobaccoControl30Years

Latest Articles

Brief reports:

Should menthol e-cigarettes be banned? Reaction of adult smokers and users of e-cigarettes to hypothetical bans

29 November 2022

Original research:

Impact of FDA endorsement and modified risk versus exposure messaging in IQOS ads: a randomised factorial experiment among US and Israeli adults

25 November 2022

Original research:

Cigarette prices and smoking among adults in eight sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey

25 November 2022

Original research:

Addiction potential of combustible menthol cigarette alternatives: a randomised cross-over trial

24 November 2022

Special communications:

'Tobacco-free claims in tobacco product marketing in the United States

24 November 2022

Most Read Articles

Original research:

Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH Study cohort, 2017–2019

7 February 2022

Original research:

Evolution of the global smoking epidemic over the past half century: strengthening the evidence base for policy action

3 March 2022

Special communication:

Spinning a global web: tactics used by Big Tobacco to attract children at tobacco points-of-sale

31 May 2022

Original research:

Impact of Canada’s menthol cigarette ban on quitting among menthol smokers: pooled analysis of pre–post evaluation from the ITC Project and the Ontario Menthol Ban Study and projections of impact in the USA

28 April 2022

Original research:

E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis

7 February 2022

Editor's Choice

Original research:

Implementation of a comprehensive flavoured tobacco product sales restriction and retail tobacco sales

30 November 2022

Original research:

Changes in cigarillo availability following implementation of a local flavoured tobacco sales restriction

20 October 2022

Original research:

JUUL ‘new technology’ pods exhibit greater electrical power and nicotine output than previous devices

24 August 2022

Original research:

Indicators of dependence and efforts to quit vaping and smoking among youth in Canada, England and the USA

22 July 2022

Brief report:

Consequences of a match made in hell: the harm caused by menthol smoking to the African American population over 1980–2018

20 June 2022

Blog Posts

The Framework Convention Alliance Rebrands as the Global Alliance for Tobacco Control

11 November 2022

Advocacy

Global Plastics Treaty must align with Global Tobacco Control Treaty

8 November 2022

Advocacy Environment Filters Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Japan Tobacco International sponsored event cancelled at Scottish Nationalist Party conference but Coca Cola obesity event goes ahead

25 October 2022

Advocacy Events Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Tobacco Control stalwart Margaretha Haglund has died

22 September 2022

Advocacy Obituary

129 organizations send letter to Spanish President denouncing Spain’s intention to become a “tobacco dealer state” along French Border

9 September 2022

Retail

R J Reynolds allegedly attempts to pay Pastor to speak out against U.S. menthol ban

5 September 2022

menthol

Interference by Big Tobacco in South Asia warrants a closer look

8 August 2022

Bangladesh Pakistan

Altmetrics

Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH Study cohort, 2017–2019
7 February 2022

Spinning a global web: tactics used by Big Tobacco to attract children at tobacco points-of-sale
31 May 2022

Association of initial e-cigarette and other tobacco product use with subsequent cigarette smoking in adolescents: a cross-sectional, matched control study
17 March 2020

Nicotine delivery and cigarette equivalents from vaping a JUULpod
24 March 2021

Healthcare utilisation and expenditures attributable to current e-cigarette use among US adults
23 May 2022

Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis
10 March 2020

Selected Supplements

The Economics of Tobacco Control (Part 3): Evidence from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project

Volume 28 – Suppl 1

1 May 2019

Impact assessment of the WHO FCTC

Volume 28 – Suppl 2

1 June 2019

The Economics of Tobacco Taxation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: New Evidence from Tobacconomics

Volume 29 – Suppl 5

1 November 2020

Patterns of Tobacco Product Use in the United States: Transitions across Three Waves of the PATH Study (2013-2016)

Volume 29 – Suppl 3

1 May 2020

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Clinical Fellow ST3+ in Intervention Respiratory Medicine

London

Applications are invited for the post of Intervention Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine based within the Department of Respiratory Medicine

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Featured Video

Evaluating tobacco industry ‘transformation’

4 April 2022

We define a transforming tobacco company as one demonstrating substantial, rapid and verifiable progress towards eliminating the production and sale of conventional tobacco products within 5 years in all markets where it operates.

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