Global Action to End Smoking (formerly FSFW): Research Database

 

The tobacco industry has a long history of influencing science by covertly paying scientists and sponsoring institutes to publish research that benefits the industry. Historically, the results of this research were used to influence regulation and public health policy. Today, Tobacco Industry funded groups, such as the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW, rebanded in May 2024 as Global Action to End Smoking), have been accused of similar practices1 by financing research that “serves to benefit its funder’s scientific and political agenda.”2


This database allows users to search and analyse the FSFW’s published and funded research, reports, and comments. 

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Insurer Perspectives on Smoking Risks

Author(s): Marsh & McLennan Insights

Organisation(s): Marsh & McLennan, Oliver Wyman

Publication: Report in Marsh & McLennan, 2019 (English)

Topic(s): Other

Scope: Global

Trends in tobacco smoking and smoking cessation in Russia with a focus on Indigenous populations: A narrative review

Author(s): Marewa Glover, Alexander Merkin, Artem Nikolaev, Igor Nikoforov, Alexander Komarov

Organisation(s): CoREISS, Academy for Postgraduate Education (Moscow), Lab of the Future (Moscow), National Centre for Development of Social Support and Rehabilitation (Moscow)

Publication: Journal Article in Global Epidemiology, 23 November 2020 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Russia

Accelerating African Food Systems Transformation

Author(s): Thomas Jayne, Jane Njuguna, Robert Richardson, Edward Mabaya, Giatano Simiyu, Sylfia Maina

Organisation(s): Michigan State University, AGRA, Cornell University

Publication: Report in AGRA, 2022 (English, French)

Topic(s): Agriculture & Livelihoods

Scope: Africa

Comparative assessment of electronic nicotine delivery systems aerosol and cigarette smoke on endothelial cell migration: The Replica Project

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Konstantinos Poulas, Rosalia Emma, Alfio Distefano, Pietro Zuccarello, Sonja Rust, Roberta Pulvirenti, Margherita Ferrante, Fahad Zadjali, Antonio Giordano, Vladislav Volarevic, Konstantinos Mesiakaris, Silvia Boffo, Aleksandar Arsenijevic, Georgios Karanasios, Aleksander Ilic, Angelo Canciello, Giovanni Li Violti

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, University of Patras, Institute for Research & Innovation, Temple University, University of Kragujevac

Publication: Journal Article in Drug Testing and Analysis, 25 July 2022 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Cytotoxicity, Mutagenicity and Genotoxicity of Electronic Cigarettes Emission Aerosols Compared to Cigarette Smoke: the REPLICA project

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Rosalia Emma, Virginia Fuochi, Giovanni Li Volti, Alfio Distefano, Pio Maria Furneri, Sonja Rust, Roberta Pulvirenti, Fahad Zadjali, Mohammed Al Tobi, Razan Zadjali, Zaina Alharti

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, ECLAT, Sultan Qaboos University

Publication: Journal Article in BioRxiv, 2 November 2022 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Electronic nicotine delivery systems exhibit reduced bronchial epithelial cells toxicity compared to cigarette: the Replica Project

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Konstantinos Poulas, Rosalia Emma, Giovanni Li Volti, Alfio Distefano, Pietro Zuccarello, Sonja Rust, Margherita Ferrante, Fahad Zadjali, Antonio Giordano, Vladislav Volarevic, Konstantinos Mesiakaris, Silvia Boffo, Aleksandar Arsenijevic, Mohammed Al Tobi, Cesarina Giallongo, the Replica Project Group

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, University of Patras, Temple University, University of Kragujevac, Sultan Qaboos University, Replica Project Group

Publication: Journal Article in Scientific Reports, 17 December 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Interventions to Mitigate COVID-19 Misinformation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s): Navin Kumar, Kamila Janmohamed, Nathan Walter, Kate Nyhan, Kaveh Khoshnood, Joseph Tucker, Natalie Sangngam, Frederick Altice, Qinglan Ding, Allie Wong, Zachary Schwitzky, Chris Bauch, Munmun De Choudhury, Orestis Papakyriakopoulos

Organisation(s): Yale College, Northwestern University, University of North Carolina, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Purdue University, University of Waterloo, Georgia Tech, Princetown University

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Health Communication, 2 December 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Interventions to Mitigate Vaping Misinformation: A Meta-Analysis

Author(s): Navin Kumar, Kamila Janmohamed, Nathan Walter, Natalie Sangngam, Munmun De Choudhury, Sam Hampsher, Nate Nyhan

Organisation(s): Yale College, Northwestern University, Georgia Tech, BOTEC Analysis

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Health Communication, 27 February 2022 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Repeatability of dental shade by digital spectrophotometry in current, former, and never smokers

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Gianluca Conte, Sebastiano Antonio Pacino, Salvatore Urso, Eugenio Pedulla, Rosalia Emma, Fabio Cibella, Matina Stefanini, Giovanni Zucchelli

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, University of Bologna, ECLAT, Insitute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology

Publication: Journal Article in Odontology, 10 March 2022 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Seroepidemiological Survey on the Impact of Smoking on SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Outcomes: Protocol for the Troina Study

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Daniela Saitta, Jed Rose, Jonathan Belsey, Pietro Zuccarello, Sonja Rust, Margherita Ferrante, Fabio Cibella, Venera Tomaselli, Pietro Ferrara, Alba Corina Romeo, Filippo Caraci, Corrado Romano, Murugesan Thangaraju, Giulio Giacomo Cantone, Elisa Interlandi, Raffaela Ferri

Organisation(s): University of Catania, JB Medical Ltd., Duke University Medical Center, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, University of Milano-Bicocca, IRCCS, Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Federazione Sanita

Publication: Journal Article in JMIR Research Protocols, 21 July 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Italy

The first complete Zoroastrian-Parsi mitochondrial reference genome and genetic signatures of an endogamous non-smoking population

Author(s): Naseer Pasha, Kashyap Krishnasamy, Bharti Mittal, Chellappa Gopalakrishnan, Raja Mugasimangalam, Naveen Sharma, Pervis Bhote-Patell, Sudha Rao, Renuka Jain, Villoo Morawala-Patell, Arati Khanna-Gupta

Organisation(s): The Avestagenome Project

Publication: Journal Article in Meta Gene, 24 March 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: India

Tobacco use among Kola Sámi, the indigenous people of the Murmansk region, Russia: A cross-sectional study

Author(s): Marewa Glover, Alexander Merkin, Artem Nikolaev, Igor Nikoforov, Alexander Komarov, Sofya Akinfieva, Elena Rocheva

Organisation(s): CoREISS, Academy for Postgraduate Education (Russia), Lab for the Future, National Centre for Development of Social Support and Rehabilitation

Publication: Journal Article in International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 20 September 2022 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Russia

Nicotine-based Interventions for Adult Smokers with Diabetes: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Farhana Haseen, Nafis Rahman, As-Saba Hossain, Sohel Rana, Asif Moinur Chowdhury, Hasna Heena Mahmud, Joanne Coyle, Sophie Notley, Gabriel Barnard, Neil McKeganey

Organisation(s): Centre for Substance Use Research

Publication: Journal Article in Fortune Journals, 2 February 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products impact on dental color parameters

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Sebastiano Antonio Pacino, Salvatore Urso, Amaliya Amaliya, Rosalia Emma, Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Giovanni Zucchelli, Shipra Gupta, Vaibhav Sahni, Stefan Gospodaru, Gheorghe Bordeniuc, Valeriu Fala, Hasan Guney Yilmaz

Organisation(s): ECLAT

Publication: Journal Article in Heliyon, 15 February 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

The potential of new nicotine and tobacco products as tools for people who smoke to quit combustible cigarettes - a systematic review of common practices and guidance towards a robust study protocol to measure cessation efficacy

Author(s): Therese Burkhardt, Gerhard Scherer, Max Scherer, Nikola Pluym

Organisation(s): Analytisch-Biologisches Forschungslabor GMBH (Germany)

Publication: Journal Article in Harm Reduction Journal, 5 July 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Vanillin flavor in e-liquids does not induce endothelial cell dysfunction: the Replica Project

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Rosalia Emma, Giovanni Li Volti, Alfio Distefano, Sonja Rust, Giuseppe Carota, Antonio Giordano, Vladislav Volarevic, Aleksandar Arsenijevic, Ang Sun, Konstantinos Partsinevelos, Ronny Lesmana, Melisa Barliana, Nikolina Kastratovic, Vladimir Markovic, Laura Orlando

Organisation(s): ECLAT SRL (Italy)

Publication: Journal Article in Contradictory Results, 24 January 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Behavioral Therapy for People With Diabetes Who Smoke: A Scoping Review

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Cristina Russo, Pasquale Caponnetto, Davide Campagna, Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Roberta Sammut, Joseph Grech, Agostino Di Ciaula, Tabinda Dugal, Andre Kenge, Anoop Misra, Syed Abbas Raza, Noel Somasundaram, Magdalena Walicka, Le Dinh Phoung, Graziella Chiara Prezzavento, Mirko Casu

Organisation(s): ECLAT SRL (Italy)

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 23 April 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Changes in Oral Health and Dental Esthetic in Smokers Switching to Combustion-Free Nicotine Alternatives: Protocol for a Multicenter and Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Gianluca Conte, Sebastiano Antonio Pacino, Salvatore Urso, Doris Greiling, Eugenio Pedulla, Luigi Generali, Ugo Consolo, Vittorio Checchi, Jan Kowalski, Renata Gorska, Amaliya Amaliya, Robert Maclure, Stefan Gospodaru, Gheorghe Bordeniuc, Valeriu Fala, Maciej Nowak, Iain Chapple, Michael Milward, Gianna Maria Nardi

Organisation(s): ECLAT SRL (Italy)

Publication: Journal Article in JMIR Research Protocols, 23 February 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Right Side of History

Author(s): Harry Shapiro

Organisation(s): Knowledge Action Change Limited (UK)

Publication: Report in Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction, 5 March 2024 (English, French, Chinese)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Analysis of Smoking Behavior, Health Impacts and Tobacco Control Strategies

Author(s): Harris Siagian, Blue Imran, Ninin Nirawaty, Mitra Ria Husada, Imelda Diana M, Perwisari Perwisari

Organisation(s): Indonesia Development Foundation

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Applied Health, 30 January 2024 (Bahasa)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Indonesia

Cytotoxicity, mutagenicity and genotoxicity of electronic cigarettes emission aerosols compared to cigarette smoke: the REPLICA project

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Rosalia Emma, Virginia Fuochi, Giovanni Li Volti, Alfio Distefano, Pio Maria Furneri, Sonja Rust, Roberta Pulvirenti, Fahad Zadjali, Mohammed Al Tobi, Razan Zadjali, the Replica Project Group, Ang Sun, Konstantinos Partsinevelos, Zaina Alharthi

Organisation(s): ECLAT

Publication: Journal Article in Nature, 30 October 2023 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Long-Term Health Effects of Smoking Cessation Intervention through a Tobacco Harm Reduction Product among Type 2 Diabetic Smokers in Bangladesh: Study Protocol of the DISC Trial

Author(s): Farhana Haseen, Nafis Rahman, As-Saba Hossain, Sohel Rana, Asif Moinur Chowdhury, Hasna Heena Mahmud, Joanne Coyle, Gabriel Barnard, Neil McKeganey, Tanver Hossain, Shamima Islam, Jyoti Goyal

Organisation(s): Centre for Substance Use Research

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Clinical Trials, 18 September 2023 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Bangladesh

Cigarette smoke attenuates mesenchymal stem cell-based suppression of immune cell-driven acute liver failure

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso, Giovanni Li Volti, Sonja Rust, Vladislav Volarevic, Dragica Pavlovic, Dragana Miloradovic, Milica Dimitrijevic Stojanovic, Carl Randall Harrell, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Valentin Djonov

Organisation(s): Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Kragujevac Serbia

Publication: Journal Article in Toxicology Letters, 15 August 2023 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Tobacco harm reduction consumer advocacy organisations

Author(s): Knowledge Action Change Limited (UK)

Organisation(s): Knowledge Action Change Limited (UK)

Publication: Report in Briefing Papers, 1 November 2023 (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

What are nicotine pouches?

Author(s): Knowledge Action Change Limited (UK)

Organisation(s): Knowledge Action Change Limited (UK)

Publication: Report in Briefing Papers, 1 March 2023 (English, French, German, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

A Global Health Survey of People Who Vape but Never Smoked: Protocol for the VERITAS (Vaping Effects: Real-World International Surveillance) Study

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Claudio Saitta, Allison Boughner, Aman Mahajan, Christopher Russell, Jeffrey Zamora Goicoechea, Juan José Cirion Lee, Kurt Yeo, Maris Sproga, Michael Coughlan, Tasmin Patel

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, ECLAT SRL

Publication: Journal Article in JMIR Publications, 28 March 2024 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science and Technology

Scope: Global

Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue for Asia

Author(s): Harry Shapiro

Organisation(s): Knowledge Action Change

Publication: Report in Knowledge Action Change, 18 April 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Asia

Health effects in COPD smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes: a retrospective-prospective 3-year follow-up

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Jaymin Bhagwanji Morjaria, Umberto Prosperini, Cristina Russo, Alfio Pennisi, Rosario Puleo, Massimo Caruso, Pasquale Caponnetto

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust, Imperial College, Hospital San Vincenzo, Hospital Arnas Garibaldi, Musumeci-Gecas Private Clinics, University of Catania

Publication: Journal Article in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 22 August 2018 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

COVID-19 and Obesity: Dangerous Liasons

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Grazia Caci, Adriana Albini, Mario Malerba, Douglas Noonan, Patrizia Pochetti

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, Luzerner Kantonsspital, IRCCS MultiMedica, Eastern Piedmont University, St. Andrea Hospital, University of Insubria

Publication: Journal Article in Journal of Clinical Medicine, 4 August 2020 (English)

Topic(s): Other

Scope: Global

International Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Changes in Oral Health in Smokers after Switching to Combustion-Free Nicotine Delivery Systems: SMILE Study protocol

Author(s): Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Gianluca Conte, Sebastiano Antonio Pacino, Salvatore Urso, Francesca Benfatto, Doris Greiling, Eugenio Pedulla, Luigi Generali, Ugo Consolo, Vittorio Checchi, Jan Kowalski, Meciej Nowak, Renata Gorska, Amaliya Amaliya, Ian Chapple, Mike Milward, Robert Maclure

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, Forschungsdock GmbH, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Medical University of Warsaw, Universitas Padjadjaran, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust, R Maclure Clinical Research

Publication: Preprint in MedRxiv, 14 December 2020 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

The First complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome: Implications of mitochondrial signatures in an endogamous, non-smoking population

Author(s): Villoo Morawala Patell, Naseer Pasha, Kashyap Krishnasamy, Bharti Mittal, Chellappa Gopalakrishnan, Raja Mugasimangalam, Naveen Sharma, Arati-Khanna Gupta, Pervis Bhote-Patell, Sudha Rao, Renuka Jain

Organisation(s): The Avestagenome Project, Avesthagen Limited

Publication: Preprint in BioRxiv, 8 June 2020 (English)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Women as Levers of Change

Author(s): FP Analytics

Organisation(s): FP Analytics

Publication: Report in FP Analytics, N/A (English)

Topic(s): Other

Scope: Global

Tobacco Harm Reduction and the Right to Health

Author(s): Ruth Goldsmith

Organisation(s): Knowledge Action Change

Publication: Report in Knowledge Action Change, 12 July 2020 (English, Hindi, Spanish, Polish, Portugese, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Swahili, Indonesian, Chinese, Arabic)

Topic(s): Health, Science, and Technology

Scope: Global

Population-based Sero-epidemiological Study Protocol for the Impact of Smoking on Sars-Cov-2 Infection and COVID-19 Outcomes - The Triona Study

Author(s): R. Polosa, V. Tomaselli, P. Ferrara, A.C. Romeo, S. Rust, D. Saitta, F. Caraci, C. Romano, M. Thangaraju, P. Zuccarello, J. Rose, M. Ferrante, J. Belsey, F. Cibella, E. Interlandi, R. Ferri

Organisation(s): CoEHAR, University of Catania, IRCCS MultiMedica, University of Milan, Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, CIDEC Federazione Sanita, JB Medical Ltd., Duke University Medical Center

Publication: Preprint in MedRxiv, 3 May 2021 (English)

Topic(s): Other

Scope: Italy

The Future of Smallholder Farming in Malawi

Author(s): Milu Muyanga, Zephania Nyirenda, Yanjanani Lifeyo, William Burke

Organisation(s): MwAPATA Institute, Michigan State University, National Planning Commission

Publication: Report in MwAPATA Institute, 1 August 2020 (English)

Topic(s): Agriculture & Livelihoods

Scope: Malawi

 

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