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ArticleTobacco control2013

The tobacco-free generation proposal.

A J Berrick

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Article in Tobacco control, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  7. Guidance for Introducing the Tobacco-Free Generation Policy.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025
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  10. Commercial Tobacco Endgame Goals: Early Experiences From Six Countries.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  13. Time for tobacco-free generations in the Western Pacific?The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022
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  16. Progress, challenges and the need to set concrete goals in the global tobacco endgame.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

A J BerrickYale-NUS College, 6 College Avenue East, Singapore 138614, Singapore. tobaccofreegeneration@gmail.com

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tobacco-free generation proposal advocates legislation precluding the sale and supply of tobacco to individuals born after a certain year. The measure is aimed at overcoming defects with current youth access laws that suffer from rite-of-passage and mixed signalling effects. Since its introduction in 2010, the proposal has attracted international attention, highlighting a number of matters that the present short article discusses. Efficacy issues, including retailer compliance, supply by surrogates and illicit sales, are addressed in the broader setting of community adherence to legislation. Encouragement for the likelihood of successful implementation is provided by historical precedents. In principle objections, relating to choice and generational fairness, are considered against the criteria of consistency and proportionality. It is concluded that the measure's emphasis on the welfare of future generations and its regard for the interests of existing stakeholders provide a feasible opportunity for the ultimate eradication of tobacco supply in appropriate jurisdictions.

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Smoking PreventionAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAge FactorsCommerceHealth PromotionHumansSmokingTobacco IndustryTobacco Products

Identifiers

PMID23591500
PMCPMC3632970

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