Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23291641›Full record

ReviewNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2013

Implementation and research priorities for FCTC Articles 13 and 16: tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship and sales to and by minors.

Rebekah H Nagler, Kasisomayajula Viswanath

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Parsing Instagram Posts for Smoking Imagery Amongst Users: A Content Analysis.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Tobacco Control Progress in Low and Middle Income Countries in Comparison to High Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rebekah H NaglerDepartment of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. rebekah_nagler@dfci.harvard.edu
Kasisomayajula Viswanath

Funding

VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI A. Heather Eliassen · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENTP50CA148596 · NCI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI SORENSEN, GLORIAN C · 2010 to 2014
$10.7M
Harvard Education Program in Cancer Prevention Control (R25T)R25CA057711 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI DAVISON, KIRSTEN · 1992 to 2018
$8.5M
NCI NIH HHS 3 P50-CA148596NCI NIH HHS 5 R25-CA057711NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NCI NIH HHS P30-CA006516NCI NIH HHS P50 CA148596NCI NIH HHS R25 CA057711
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionArticle 13 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) calls for a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS), and Article 16 calls for prohibition of tobacco sales to and by minors. Although these mandates are based on sound science, many countries have found provision implementation to be rife with challenges.

objectiveThis paper reviews the history of tobacco marketing and minor access restrictions in high-, middle-, and low-income countries, identifying past challenges and successes. We consider current challenges to FCTC implementation, how these barriers can be addressed, and what research is necessary to support such efforts. Specifically, we identify implementation and research priorities for FCTC Articles 13 and 16. DISCUSSION: Although a solid evidence base underpins the FCTC's call for TAPS bans and minor access restrictions, we know substantially less about how best to implement these restrictions. Drawing on the regulatory experiences of high-, middle-, and low-income countries, we discern several implementation and research priorities, which are organized into 4 categories: policy enactment and enforcement, human capital expertise, the effects of FCTC marketing and youth access policies, and knowledge exchange and transfer among signatories. Future research should provide detailed case studies on implementation successes and failures, as well as insights into how knowledge of successful restrictions can be translated into tobacco control policy and practice and shared among different stakeholders.

conclusionTobacco marketing surveillance, sales-to-minors compliance checks, enforcement and evaluation of restriction policies, and capacity building and knowledge transfer are likely to prove central to effective implementation.

Indexed as

Health PromotionInternational CooperationSmoking PreventionAdolescentCommerceGovernment RegulationHealth PolicyHumansMarketingMinorsProduct PackagingResearchTobacco IndustryTobacco Products

Identifiers

PMID23291641
PMCPMC3601914

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.