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ArticleTobacco control2021

Cigarette-like cigarillo introduced to bypass taxation, standardised packaging, minimum pack sizes, and menthol ban in the UK.

J Robert Branston, Rosemary Hiscock, Karin Silver, Deborah Arnott, Anna B Gilmore

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Article in Tobacco control, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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

  1. The Impact of Menthol Cigarette Bans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  6. Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Use Among People Smoking Menthol Cigarettes in Great Britain, 2020-2023: A Population-Based Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  7. Trends in Exclusive Non-Cigarette Tobacco Smoking in England: A Population Survey 2013-2023.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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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

5 authors.

J Robert BranstonSchool of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK J.R.Branston@bath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2332-2403
Rosemary HiscockTobacco Control Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9741-9083
Karin SilverTobacco Control Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Deborah ArnottAction on Smoking and Health (ASH), London, UK.
Anna B GilmoreTobacco Control Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0281-1248

Funding

British Heart FoundationCancer Research UK 23168Chief Scientist OfficeDepartment of HealthMedical Research Council MR/S037519/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MentholTobacco ProductsCommerceHumansProduct PackagingTaxesUnited KingdomMentholnon-cigarette tobacco productspricepublic policytaxation

Identifiers

PMID32848080
PMCPMC8543195

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