OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Tobacco Control is 30. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolution of the global smoking epidemic over the past half century: strengthening the evidence base for policy action	168
Nicotine delivery and cigarette equivalents from vaping a JUULpod	81
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking consumption in a large representative sample of Italian adults	72
Synthetic nicotine has arrived	57
E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis	53
Vaping on TikTok: a systematic thematic analysis	52
Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH Study cohort, 2017–2019	51
Electrical features, liquid composition and toxicant emissions from ‘pod-mod’-like disposable electronic cigarettes	48
Evaluating the impact of menthol cigarette bans on cessation and smoking behaviours in Canada: longitudinal findings from the Canadian arm of the 2016–2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys	45
Evolution of tobacco products: recent history and future directions	43
Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media	42
Moving targets: how the rapidly changing tobacco and nicotine landscape creates advertising and promotion policy challenges	42
Prevalence of heated tobacco product use in Japan: the 2020 JASTIS study	40
Closing the gaps in tobacco endgame evidence: a scoping review	39
Flavour chemicals, synthetic coolants and pulegone in popular mint-flavoured and menthol-flavoured e-cigarettes	39
Public health impact of a US ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars: a simulation study	38
Exploring the gateway hypothesis of e-cigarettes and tobacco: a prospective replication study among adolescents in the Netherlands and Flanders	37
Transitions between cigarette, ENDS and dual use in adults in the PATH study (waves 1–4): multistate transition modelling accounting for complex survey design	37
Plain tobacco packaging: progress, challenges, learning and opportunities	36
Ice flavours and non-menthol synthetic cooling agents in e-cigarette products: a review	36
Effect of a ‘tobacco-free nicotine’ claim on intentions and perceptions of Puff Bar e-cigarette use among non-tobacco-using young adults	35
Associations of tobacco retailer density and proximity with adult tobacco use behaviours and health outcomes: a meta-analysis	35
Trends in e-cigarette brands, devices and the nicotine profile of products used by youth in England, Canada and the USA: 2017–2019	35
Youth and young adult risk perceptions and behaviours in response to an outbreak of e-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) in the USA	34
An estimation of the harm of menthol cigarettes in the United States from 1980 to 2018	33

Oral nicotine marketing claims in direct-mail advertising	33
Global tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship regulation: what’s old, what’s new and where to next?	33
Flavoured tobacco product restrictions in Massachusetts associated with reductions in adolescent cigarette and e-cigarette use	32
Implementation of a comprehensive flavoured tobacco product sales restriction and retail tobacco sales	30
Smoking cessation: health system challenges and opportunities	30
Electronic cigarette use intensity measurement challenges and regulatory implications	30