This preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO: CRD 42022311392)
aimed to synthesize the effectiveness of all available population-level tobacco policies on …

Abstract Background The Opioid Reduction Act (SB 273) took effect in West Virginia in June
2018. This legislation limited ongoing chronic opioid prescriptions to 30 days' supply, and …

Background: Smoke-free legislation has been associated with lower rates of cardiovascular
disease hospital admissions in ecological studies. However, prior studies lacked detailed …

Purpose Qualitative methods are not suitable to process high volumes of policy texts for
exploring policy evolution. Therefore, it is hard to use qualitative methods to systematically …

In July 2018, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
implemented a mandatory smoke-free rule in public housing. This study assessed …

Introduction Studies in many countries have documented reductions of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) hospitalizations with smokefree policies. However, evidence on the …

Abstract This Special Issue of Preventive Medicine (PM) is the 3rd that we have organized
on behavior change, health, and health disparities. This is a topic of critical importance to …

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)
deliver high doses of nicotine, a highly addictive drug1. A growing body of evidence …

In our latest update of the evidence on smoking bans and heart disease we summarize 59
studies. We take account of the underlying trends in incidence rates as far as possible by …

Knowledge of geographical disparities in myocardial infarction (MI) is critical for guiding
health planning and resource allocation. The objectives of this study were to identify …