E-Cigarette Markets and Policy Responses in Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global e-cigarette market has proliferated and is increasingly dominated by transnational tobacco companies. While Southeast Asian countries have received relatively little attention in e-cigarette research, the region represents an area of potentially untapped growth for the industry. We review the e-cigarette situation in Southeast Asia in terms of the e-cigarette markets, advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes, reported health impacts of e-cigarette use, and policy responses in the region.

Methods

We examined e-cigarette market data from the Euromonitor Global Market Information Database (GMID) Passport database, searched in the academic literature, grey literature and news archives for any reports or studies of e-cigarette related diseases or injuries,

SUBMITTER: van der Eijk Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature