The National Cancer Action Plan, established in 2003 for a five-year period, identifies tobacco control as one of the top priorities in prevention. Healthcare professionals, whether...

Objectives: This study describes the use of gradual smoking cessation compared to abrupt cessation among smokers seen at smoking cessation clinics in France. Methods: Follow-up data from...

Introduction: First introduced in 2004, e-cigarettes are used by millions of people worldwide, including many smokers, as an aid to smoking cessation. However, their role in tobacco...

Introduction: Tobacco use during pregnancy is a major public health concern due to the risks it poses to the health of the unborn child. While the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy...

Background: This study is the first in France to explore the impact on female smokers of plain cigarette packaging combined with large visual health warnings in a real-world setting....

The editorial from the special issue of the BEH published in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day on May 29, 2015.

Introduction - Lung cancer mortality is the most specific indicator of the health effects of tobacco. We present its trends in France since the 1950s and discuss the results in light of...

Introduction - Exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk of myocardial infarction by 25% to 30%. Thirteen epidemiological studies and two recent meta-analyses have assessed the...

Here we present the results of a study on progress in tobacco control activities in 30 European countries between 2005 and 2007, using the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) based on the six...

Objectives - This study describes a large-scale anti-smoking campaign conducted in Cyprus from 2004 to 2008 with the aim of reducing children’s exposure to secondhand smoke and...