Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a type of artificial intelligence that creates original content—such as realistic prose, images and even videos—by analysing patterns and features from ...

Objective Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as e-cigarettes, have surged in popularity. While long-term risks remain unclear, known dangers include nicotine addiction, E-cigarette or ...

Introduction Since their 2016 US debut, nicotine pouches, which are available in various flavours and strengths, have grown in popularity. Nicotine pouches may appeal to people who use tobacco, but ...

Background The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China’s policy-makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% in 2015 to 20% by 2030. China has made progress on ...

Background Tobacco-related illnesses are leading causes of death and healthcare use. Our objective was to determine whether implementation of a hospital-initiated smoking cessation intervention would ...

Correspondence to Dr Lorien C Abroms, Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC 20052, USA; lorien{at}gwu.edu ...

Correspondence to Naphtali Offen, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, P.O. Box 0612, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; naphtali.offen{at}ucsf.edu In the ...

Objective: To discover how the tobacco industry considers social class and gender in its efforts to market cigarettes in the USA, particularly to socially disadvantaged young women. Methods: A ...

In January 2024, United States (US) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for federal action to ‘crackdown’ on ZYN, a new nicotine pouch product that is tobacco-free yet contains nicotine.

Correspondence to Professor Ruth E Malone, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA; ruth.malone{at}ucsf.edu During the ...

Objective: To determine whether nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, or death. Design: Self control case series ...

Background Subsequent to the transnational tobacco companies’ (TTC) history of involvement in tobacco smuggling, the Illicit Trade Protocol (ITP) requires that tobacco tracking and tracing (T&T) ...