Tobacco Control this month features discussion of plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Australia is well on its way to becoming the first country to legislate on the matter (bills have recently been passed by the lower house), so there's some coverage of responses to this policy move. Also included are studies of young adults' and young women's perceptions of packaging, plain or otherwise. Five tobacco firms in the US have started legal action against the Food and Drug Administration over requirements to include graphic depictions of the dangers of smoking on packaging from September 2012. Meanwhile latest figures from the NHS Information Centre reveal that the number of people trying to quit via NHS stop smoking services has trebled in the past 10 years, although success rates have recently declined slightly. A study of recent quitters in Australia looks at rates of use and perceived helpfulness of a variety of cessation methods, while a team from St George's University of London evaluates the effectiveness of the NHS Quit Kit. A systematic review in the Lancet sifts the evidence on cigarette smoking as a risk factor for coronary heart disease amongst women compared with men.
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