Global approaches to regulating electronic cigarettes.

Objectives: Classify and describe the policy approaches used by countries to regulate e-cigarettes.

Methods: National policies regulating e-cigarettes were identified by (1) conducting web searches on Ministry of Health websites, and (2) broad web searches. The mechanisms used to regulate e-cigarettes were classified as new/amended laws, or existing laws.

The impact of inter-survey differences in the definition of current smokeless tobacco use on comparability of US national and state-specific prevalence estimates, 2009-2011.

Background: We assessed how varying definitions of adult current smokeless tobacco (SLT) use affected overall prevalence estimates.

Methods: National prevalence estimates were from five surveys: 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey (NATS), 2010-2011 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), and 2010 National Health Information Survey (NHIS). State-specific prevalence estimates were from three surveys: 2009-2010 NATS, 2010-2011 TUS-CPS, and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Poly-tobacco use among adults in 44 countries during 2008-2012: evidence for an integrative and comprehensive approach in tobacco control.

Introduction: The concurrent use of multiple tobacco products (i.e., poly-tobacco use) might hinder efforts to reduce overall tobacco use, particularly considering that use of some non-cigarette tobacco products may be popular in some regions due to social, cultural, or economic reasons.

Country tobacco laws and article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a review of tobacco packaging and labeling regulations of 25 countries.

Background: Urgent, evidence-based tobacco control efforts have been advocated by the WHO through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) articles and guidelines. The level of implementation of these guidelines varies by country and region. This paper identifies areas of alignment and non-alignment of country tobacco laws with respect to the FCTC's article 11 requirements, which lists guidelines for regulating tobacco packaging and labeling.

Current frequent cigarette smoking among U.S. middle and high school students, 2000-2011.

Unlabelled: This study assessed trends in current frequent smoking among United States middle and high school students.

Methods: Data were obtained from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2000-2011). Current frequent smoking was defined as smoking cigarettes on ≥20 days during the past 30 days.