Gang Meng

TL;DR: Neighbourhood-level socio-economic-related risks are found to have direct effects on low birth weight and preterm birth and the evidence supports both the materialist and psycho-social conceptualizations and the pathways that describe them, although the magnitude of the former is greater than the latter.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of menthol cigarette bans in seven Canadian provinces between 2016 and 2018 was evaluated using longitudinal data from the Canadian arm of the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.

TL;DR: Examination of the relationship between time perspective and success in smoking cessation, and social cognitive mediators of the association indicated that those smokers with a stronger future orientation at baseline were more likely to have successfully quit at follow-up.

TL;DR: If smokers are using HTPs to complement rather than quit their smoking, then the harm reduction potential of HTPs suggested by the toxicity studies will be diminished.

TL;DR: Discussions in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States between smokers and health professionals about nicotine vaping products appear to be infrequent, regardless of the regulatory environment.