ReviewRisk management and healthcare policy2015
Plain packaging of cigarettes: do we have sufficient evidence?
Review in Risk management and healthcare policy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effect of plain cigarette packaging on point-of-sale purchasing behavior among young adults who smoke.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Strengthening tobacco control policy: using plain packaging to reduce product appeal and enhance public awareness.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Early-onset gastric cancer global burden profile, trends, and contributors.Cancer biology & medicine · 2025Article
- The Effects of Oral Nicotine Pouch Packaging Features on Adult Tobacco Users' and Non-Users' Product Perceptions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Trends in cannabis use intention around the period of cannabis legalisation in Australia: An age-period-cohort model.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Effects of Denmark's New Tobacco Control Act on Young People's Use of Nicotine Products: A Study Protocol of the §SMOKE Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effects of pictorial warning label message framing and standardized packaging on cigarette packaging appeal among young adult smokers.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Consumer Response to Standardized Tobacco Packaging in the United Kingdom: A Synthesis of Evidence from Two Systematic Reviews.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Review
- Changes to cigarette packaging influence US consumers' choices: Results of two discrete-choice experiments to inform regulation.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Article
- The Effect of Cigarette Packaging and Illness Sensitivity on Attention to Graphic Health Warnings: A Controlled Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Evaluating smoking control policies in the e-cigarette era: a modelling study.Tobacco control · 2020Article
- People in E-Cigarette Ads Attract More Attention: An Eye-Tracking Study.Tobacco regulatory science · 2020Article
- Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences.International journal of health policy and management · 2019Article
- Increased attention to the tobacco power wall predicts increased smoking risk among adolescents.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Multisectoral Actions for Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Complex Policy Environments.International journal of health policy and management · 2017Article
- Standardised tobacco packaging: a health policy case study of corporate conflict expansion and adaptation.BMJ open · 2016Article
- The International Epidemiology of Lung Cancer: Latest Trends, Disparities, and Tumor Characteristics.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2016Article
- Multiple Levels of Influence That Impact Youth Tobacco Use.Tobacco regulatory science · 2016Article
- Complying with the framework convention for tobacco control: an application of the Abridged SimSmoke model to Israel.Israel journal of health policy research · 2016Article
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Abstract
Tobacco industry marketing is a primary factor influencing cigarette smoking behavior and the cigarette pack has become an important marketing vehicle for tobacco companies. Standardized "plain" cigarette packaging is advocated as a public health policy to prevent and reduce morbidity and mortality caused by smoking by reducing youth smoking initiation and promoting cessation among smokers. Plain packaging was implemented in Australia in December 2012, and several other countries are considering doing so, but each faces foreseeable legal resistance from opponents to such measures. Tobacco companies have challenged these public health policies, citing international trade agreements and intellectual property laws. Decision-making in these court cases will hinge in part on whether the evidence indicates the public health benefits of plain packaging outweigh any potential harm to tobacco manufacturers' interests. We reviewed the available evidence in support of plain packaging, finding evidence from observational, experimental, and population-based studies. Results indicate that plain packaging can reduce positive perceptions of smoking and dissuade tobacco use. Governments deciding to implement plain cigarette packaging measures can rely on this evidence to help make a strong case that plain packaging plays an important role in the context of comprehensive smoking prevention efforts.
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