Dissuasive measures on tobacco products: a rapid review of global evidence
Sinan Brown, Emily Banks, Angelina Inthavong, Amy Villarosa · 2026
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Warning labels sit on cigarette packs, but the cigarette itself could carry the warning instead. Sinan Brown and co-authors review world proof for such product-level measures in this 2026 paper. The measures use dull colors or printed messages on each single cigarette or tobacco item. The aim is to put people off starting and to push current smokers to quit.
The team searched four databases for work from January 2000 to September 2024, then chased citations both ways. From just over six thousand titles, forty-seven papers qualified. All dealt with standard cigarettes. Most were journal studies, with a mix of number-based, interview-based, and mixed designs. Each paper was graded for quality with a standard tool. The review gives health agencies a single map of a new anti-smoking tool.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sinan Brown, Emily Banks, Angelina Inthavong, Amy Villarosa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 86 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |