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Tobacco industry denormalization as a tobacco control intervention: A review
A new study examined the effects of tobacco industry denormalization (TID), which is defined as raising awareness of tobacco industry practices, and repositioning the tobacco industry in the public eye as purveyors of addictive, hazardous products. The authors conducted a literature review focusing on TID and its effects on smoking prevalence, initiation, intention to smoke, and intention to quit. Results show that TID is effective at decreasing smoking prevalence and initiation, and increasing intention to quit. The authors believe that TID is an effective tobacco control intervention and may lead to stronger public support and political will for structural reforms that would reduce the overall use of tobacco. Click here to read the abstract of the study in the March issue of the journal Tobacco Control.

A brief overview of the tobacco industry in the last twenty years
A new study discusses some of the key changes that have occurred in the tobacco industry in the past 20 years, such as mergers and acquisitions that led to the formation of transnational companies Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco. Other topics included in the study are the role of the China National Tobacco Corporation in the world tobacco market, as well as tobacco companies’ increased investments in non-cigarette forms of nicotine delivery. Click here to read the abstract of the study, which was published in Tobacco Control.

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