What We Measure / Tobacco and Nicotine
Tobacco and Nicotine
Tobacco control is among the most heavily researched areas of public health, and among the least often evaluated against its own promises. CGHA measures what happened after the policies were introduced: whether disease declined, whether smokers switched to lower-risk products, and what emerged when governments prohibited products consumers continued to want.
WHAT WE MEASURE
Do tobacco-control policies reduce disease?
Do they help smokers?
Do smokers switch to lower-risk alternatives?
What happens when governments prohibit products that consumers continue to demand?
RESEARCH
POLICY ATLASWORKING PAPERFIELD PAPER
Tobacco Control Alignment Atlas
September 2026 · Explore 71 provisional country assessments, four policy dimensions and a common 15-product access matrix, alongside clearly distinguished smoking-outcome data.
Lower Risk Nicotine Uptake and Adult Smoking Decline
September 2026 · A 15-country national-survey model examines nicotine uptake and adult smoking change, with leave-one-out checks, endpoint sensitivities and a separate timing study.
The Market Among Friends
August 2026 · How regulatory exclusion creates informal nicotine supply chains.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Pennsylvania Retail Audits
Informal Supply Chain Field Studies
Comparative Risk Analysis
Tobacco Harm Reduction Research
MEDIA & ANALYSIS
Appearances in this area will be listed here as they occur. Media archive →
RELATED BOOK
The Tobacco Trap
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