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The UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023: A methodological approach Open
The UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index (UKTI) is part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (GTI). Based on a survey methodology developed by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), and published by the Global…
View article: The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill (2023/4): framing strategies used by tobacco and nicotine industry actors faced with an endgame policy (a generational sales ban of tobacco products) and nicotine product restrictions
The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill (2023/4): framing strategies used by tobacco and nicotine industry actors faced with an endgame policy (a generational sales ban of tobacco products) and nicotine product restrictions Open
Background In 2023, the UK government proposed a Bill introducing a generational ban on the sale of tobacco products and measures targeting youth nicotine product (NP) use. Industries’ responses remain unexplored. Methods We analysed 43 co…
Understanding and tracking tobacco industry influence in the UK: the United Kingdom tobacco industry interference index 2021-2023 Open
reports of data from original research.• Policy Case Studies -brief articles on policy development at a regional or national level.• Study Protocols -Articles describing a research protocol of a study.• Methodology Papers -Papers that pres…
A willingness to be orchestrated: why are diplomats continuing to undermine public health for the benefit of the tobacco industry Open
reports of data from original research.• Policy Case Studies -brief articles on policy development at a regional or national level.• Study Protocols -Articles describing a research protocol of a study.• Methodology Papers -Papers that pres…
Seeking to be seen as legitimate members of the scientific community? An analysis of the involvement of two transnational tobacco companies in scientific events Open
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports of data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review Papers -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within the journal's scope.These i…
A “willingness to be orchestrated”: Why are UK diplomats working with tobacco companies? Open
Background The tobacco epidemic is global and addressing it requires global collaboration. International and national policies have been adopted to promote collaboration for tobacco control, including an obligation on diplomatic missions t…
Seeking to be seen as legitimate members of the scientific community? An analysis of British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International’s involvement in scientific events Open
Introduction For decades, tobacco companies manipulated and misused science. They funded and disseminated favourable research and suppressed research that showed the harms of their products, deliberately generating misinformation. While pr…
Exploring and monitoring the tobacco industry in the United Kingdom: the UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index Open
AMA Alebshehy R, Gatehouse T, Silver K, et al. Exploring and monitoring the tobacco industry in the United Kingdom: the UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index. Journal of Health Inequalities. 2023;9(2):133-133. doi:10.5114/jhi.2023.133841.…
Tobacco industry messaging around harm: Narrative framing in PMI and BAT press releases and annual reports 2011 to 2021 Open
Influencing public perception is a key way in which all transnational corporations (TNCs) maintain market dominance and political power. Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have a long history of leveraging narratives to serve commercia…
Tobacco product menthol and flavour bans: their utility for LMIC and lessons from the EU ban Open
Background Flavoured tobacco products increase smoking uptake and create dependence. By June 2020 all cigarettes with a characterising flavour, including menthol were banned across the EU, UK and Moldova but many low and middle income coun…
View article: Menthol and flavored tobacco products in LMICs: A growingmenace
Menthol and flavored tobacco products in LMICs: A growingmenace Open
Menthol/flavor tobacco products are a growing problem in LMICs. In addition to menthol/flavor bans, we recommend marketing bans, point of sale display bans and standardized packaging.
View article: Tobacco industry tactics against tobacco flavour bans in Europe with a focus on the UK and Poland
Tobacco industry tactics against tobacco flavour bans in Europe with a focus on the UK and Poland Open
reports of data from original research.• Policy Case Studies -brief articles on policy development at a regional or national level.• Study Protocols -Articles describing a research protocol of a study.• Methodology Papers -Papers that pres…
“What counts can’t always be measured”: a qualitative exploration of general practitioners’ conceptualisation of quality for community pharmacy services Open
Background The expansion of community pharmacy services is one solution to relieve pressure on general practice in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a paucity of research of general practitioners’ (GPs’) perspectives of quality of care in …
Tobacco industry tactics to circumvent and undermine the TPD menthol ban in the UK Open
reports of data from original research.• Policy Case Studies -brief articles on policy development at a regional or national level.• Study Protocols -Articles describing a research protocol of a study.• Methodology Papers -Papers that pres…
Changes in industry interference in policy in the United Kingdom 2017-2020 Open
Background The Tobacco Industry Interference (TII) Index evaluates the implementation of FCTC Article 5.3. The first edition of the Global TII Index was published in 2019, included 33 countries, and covered the years 2017-2018. A second ed…
Cigarette-like cigarillo introduced to bypass taxation, standardised packaging, minimum pack sizes, and menthol ban in the UK Open
The UK has stringent tobacco control legislation, which has been extended most recently to include standardised packaging with minimum pack sizes,1 and from 20 May 2020, a ban on menthol.2 3 However, this legislation applies only to cigare…
Tobacco industry tactics to circumvent and undermine the menthol cigarette ban in the UK Open
Menthol, a type of alcohol (molecular formula C10H20O), can be obtained from mint plants or manufactured.1 2 In addition to flavouring, it has local anaesthetic properties that can conceal the negative sensations of smoking, due to desensi…
How does the public conceptualise the quality of care and its measurement in community pharmacies in the UK: a qualitative interview study Open
Objectives This study explored citizens’ perspectives about the quality of community pharmacy services in the UK and whether and how the quality of community pharmacy services should be measured. Design Semistructured interviews and focus …