Availability, appeal, and addictiveness by design: Tobacco and nicotine industry deliberate targeting of youth
Contemporary tobacco and nicotine products, particularly e-cigarettes, are deliberately designed, marketed, and distributed to maximize youth appeal, uptake, dependence, and use. Youth uptake is a predictable outcome of systems designed to maximize product availability, appeal, and addictiveness.
Authors
- Raglan Maddox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-0686)
- Becky Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-9612)
- Charlotta Pisinger
- Emily Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-1302)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AU)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1005133
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00