Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. Below you will find the latest posts, updated regularly throughout the month.
(Last updated: November 19, 2020)
Place-Based Tobacco Control News and Research
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- A research study finds participants with depression who lived in neighborhoods with the greatest number of cigarette ads were more likely to smoke than those in neighborhoods with lowest number of ads.
- An editorial depicts why including menthols in flavor bans is essential for health equity.
- CVS Health’s tobacco-free pharmacy policy is associated with a decrease in the number of cigarettes smoked per day among non-daily smokers.
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General Tobacco Control News and Research
- New research finds that current smokers face almost three times the risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease, compared with people who never smoked.
- CDC, FDA and the National Cancer Institute release a tobacco-related commentary on federal initiatives to tackle tobacco use and increase smoking cessation.
- A new article in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) examines the characteristics of e-cigarette, or vaping, products confiscated in public high schools in California and North Carolina.
- CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) announces a new feature article for this year’s Great American Smokeout®, observed on November 19th this year. CDC joins the American Cancer Society in urging U.S. citizens who smoke to make a commitment to quit for better health.
- New research finds that tobacco product marketing in bars and nightclubs may encourage use among non-users and has no influence on current users.
- The Truth Initiative publishes a series of state factsheets, highlighting current tobacco use prevalence data for different products, state funding for prevention and quitting programs and current tobacco control policies.
- FDA releases a draft guidance on the principles for designing and conducting tobacco product perception and intention studies. The comment period is open until December 28.
- A new study finds that a substantial proportion of beginning smokers and most new daily smokers are now young adults, reflecting a shift from adolescence to early adulthood.
