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** 14 October 2020
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** International
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** Republic of Ireland: Changes in cigarettes price (#1)
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** Study: Research pinpoints major drivers of the tobacco epidemic among teens in South Asia (#2)
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** US Study: Long-term, frequent phone counselling helps cancer patients who smoke quit (#3)
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** International
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Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has announced a further increase in the prices of a packet of cigarettes. Cigarettes will go up by 50 cents for a pack of 20 cigarettes, bringing the average cost of a packet to €14.
Paschal Donohoe made the announcement yesterday as he delivered the 2021 Budget.
He said he is bringing in the latest rise to “support public health policy.”
Source: Irish Mirror, 13 October 2020
See also: Irish Examiner - Budget 2021: Smokers face another increase but e-cigarettes untouched ([link removed])
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** A new study suggests advertising on tv and online, being offered free tobacco products and exposure to smoking in public places are the biggest drivers of tobacco use among teens in South Asia.
The research, led by the University of York, looked at data from the Global Youth Tobacco survey on the tobacco use of just under 24,000 adolescents in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Of the study participants, 2% were smokers, 6.5% used smokeless tobacco, and 1.1% were both smokers and smokeless tobacco users in the past 30 days.
The researchers found that while bans on the sale of cigarettes to teens were linked to reduced tobacco use, anti-tobacco mass media messages were an ineffective method. Teaching adolescents about the harmful effects of tobacco at school was effective at reducing their use of smokeless tobacco, but not smoking.
Professor Kamran Siddiqi, the co-author of the study, said: “The findings of this study reveal that there is a need to strengthen and enforce bans on smoking in public places, tobacco advertising (including in electronic media), sponsorship and promotions and the sale of tobacco to and by minors, in order to eliminate pro-tobacco influences on youth and curb the tobacco epidemic in these countries.”
Source: Medical Xpress, 13 October 2020
See also: Nicotine & Tobacco Research - The predictors of cigarette smoking, smokeless tobacco consumption and use of both forms in adolescents in South Asia: a secondary analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) ([link removed])
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** A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), found that recently diagnosed cancer patients who smoke are significantly more likely to quit and remain tobacco-free if they receive frequent and sustained telephone counselling.
The study included 303 patients and aimed at determining the effectiveness of sustained telephone counselling and medication (intensive treatment), compared with shorter-term telephone counselling and medication advice (standard treatment) to assist patients recently diagnosed with cancer to quit smoking. The smoking cessation medication used in the study was nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT).
After six months, lab tests confirmed that 34.5% of the patients in the intensive-treatment programme were abstaining from tobacco, compared to 21.5% of participants who received the shorter program with less frequent counselling.
Elyse Park, the lead author of the study, said: “We believe it was the ongoing, positive cessation support, in coordination with the oncology care these patients received, that led to the high success rate in the intensive-treatment group.”
Source: Medical Xpress, 13 October 2020
See also: JAMA - Effect of Sustained Smoking Cessation Counseling and Provision of Medication vs Shorter-term Counseling and Medication Advice on Smoking Abstinence in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Cancer. A Randomized Clinical Trial ([link removed])
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