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ArticleTobacco control2016

Flavoured tobacco products and the public's health: lessons from the TPSAC menthol report.

Jonathan M Samet, Mary Ann Pentz, Jennifer B Unger

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Article in Tobacco control, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. An Analysis of Twitter Posts About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Menthol Ban.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jonathan M SametDepartment of Preventive Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mary Ann PentzDepartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jennifer B UngerDepartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Funding

USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) for Vulnerable PopulationsP50CA180905 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PENTZ, MARY ANN, SAMET, JONATHAN M · 2013 to 2017
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NCI NIH HHS P50 CA180905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The menthol report developed by the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) of the Center for Tobacco Products elaborated a methodology for considering the public health impact of menthol in cigarettes that has relevance to flavourings generally. The TPSAC report was based on a conceptual framework on how menthol in cigarettes has public health impact results of evidence from related systematic reviews, and an evidence-based statistical model. In extending this approach to flavourings generally, consideration will need to be given to the existence of multiple flavourings, a very dynamic market place and regulatory interventions and industry activities. Now is the time to begin to develop the research strategies and models needed to extend the TPSAC approach to flavoured tobacco products generally.

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Public HealthTobacco ProductsAdvisory CommitteesFlavoring AgentsHumansMentholModels, StatisticalTobacco IndustryFlavoring AgentsMentholNicotinePackaging and LabellingPublic policyTobacco industryToxicology

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PMID27633765
PMCPMC5524186

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