We do not yet understand the psychological mechanisms explaining how cigarette pack size affects smoking, let alone smoking cessation

Marc Willemsen^{1

2}, Ingrid Steenhuis³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
² Netherlands Expertise Center for tobacco Control, Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam and Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands.

Comment

Marc Willemsen et al. Addiction. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;115(5):810-811.

doi: 10.1111/add.14843. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Marc Willemsen^{1

2}, Ingrid Steenhuis³

¹ Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
² Netherlands Expertise Center for tobacco Control, Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam and Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands.

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Keywords: Cigarette packs; pack size; psychological mechanisms; smoking cessation; tobacco consumption; tobacco control.

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Should cigarette pack sizes be capped?
Blackwell AKM, Lee I, Scollo M, Wakefield M, Munafò MR, Marteau TM. Blackwell AKM, et al. Addiction. 2020 May;115(5):802-809. doi: 10.1111/add.14770. Epub 2019 Aug 30. Addiction. 2020. PMID: 31376200 Free PMC article.

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