ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2020
Impact of tobacco control interventions on smoking initiation, cessation, and prevalence: a systematic review.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the mechanisms of change in social norms around tobacco use: A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level interventions to tackle smoking behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Peer-led lifestyle interventions for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in community: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a multi-component intervention including pictorial warnings to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption - a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- A cluster randomized trial comparing photoaging app and school based educational intervention for tobacco use prevention in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Long-term engagement in smoking cessation campaign: A mixed methods randomized trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Success and challenges of tobacco control interventions among American Indians in California.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- Age of initiation, intensity and cessation of tobacco smoking among Bangladeshi adults: evidence from a cross-sectional nationally representative survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
- MEDIA EXPOSURE AND RURAL-URBAN DISPARITIES IN KNOWLEDGE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE HARMS AMONG NIGERIAN ADOLESCENTS': ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2026Article
- Does media channel matter? exploring the disparities of online and offline anti-tobacco messages and their impacts on e-cigarette harm perception and use.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- Heated tobacco products vs conventional cigarettes: a scoping review of cardiovascular and respiratory clinical outcomes.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic determinants of smoking among Jordanian men : insights from the 2023 demographic and health survey.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Toward equity in smoking cessation: evidence from Saudi Arabia's 2022 Global Youth Tobacco Survey through the Lens of Levesque's Access-to-Health-Care Framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Strengthening tobacco cessation across the primary health sector in the Americas: progress, gaps, and opportunities since 2007.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Trends in initiation of regular cigarette smoking in 28 European countries, 1940-2019: retrospective reconstruction from repeated cross-sectional surveys.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the effects of social media based anti-tobacco campaigns on tobacco use among youth in Virginia: an agent-based simulation approach.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of Tobacco 21 policies and youth tobacco use: implications for future policy research.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Empowering Women in Tobacco Control: A Participatory Study on Household Smoking Behavior in Aceh, Indonesia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Better health and less stress: an elicitation survey on quitting little cigars and cigarillos by young adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- What drives youth smoking initiation in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from a split-population duration model.BMJ open · 2025Article
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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This article investigates the effects of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation, cessation and prevalence by examining the papers published in the last 5 years. Twenty-one articles have been selected by two authors and sorted by four types of tobacco control: tobacco prices, anti-smoking campaigns for young people, mass media intervention and public smoking bans. Price/tax increase has deterrent effect on smoking initiation but does not promote smoking cessation; intervention on young people could reduce the smoking initiation if carried out at an early age and if acted on social skills and with peer-led approach, as opposed to restraining measures which hare generally easily circumvented by young people. The mass media campaigns showed positive effect on attempts to quit among smokers if carried forward over time and by involving multiple communication channels (TV, internet, radio). The bans in public have little effect on smoking cessation but could improve the overall well-being of non-smokers. Heterogeneous results have been described by different studies probably because of different research methodologies, cultural aspects and the really effective implementation of the rules for each country. In conclusion, comprehensive tobacco control interventions to reduce smoking prevalence and modify the smoking behavior are recommended. Moreover, the use of e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) products, as possible helping tool for smoke cessation, currently remains controversial.
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