Changes in tobacco use in rural South Africa during the 2020 tobacco sales ban: an analysis of current and previous behaviours using cross-sectional data
South Africa's 2020 tobacco sales ban, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, was associated with a 26% decrease in retrospectively reported tobacco use prevalence among a rural cohort. Tobacco use largely, but not completely, rebounded after the ban.
Authors
- Douglas E. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9446-7899)
- Mark Jacob Siedner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-842X)
- Ronel Sewpaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-1222)
- Hloniphile Ngubane
- Emily Wong
- Yiqi Qian
- Stephen Olivier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-5821)
- Acadia Thielking
- Thando Zulu
- Gina Kruse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-220X)
- Krishna P. Reddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1832-2193)
- Nancy A. Rigotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-1657)
Institutions
- Human Sciences Research Council (ZA)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Africa Health Research Institute (ZA)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Control
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059357
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Wellcome Trust
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute on Drug Abuse