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Availability, appeal, and addictiveness by design: Tobacco and nicotine industry deliberate targeting of youth

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: PLoS Medicine

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005133

Authors: Raglan Maddox, Becky Freeman, Charlotta Pisinger, Emily Banks

Institutions: Australian National University, The University of Sydney, University of Southern Denmark, Frederiksberg Hospital, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Center for Clinical Research and Prevention

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,460

Funders: Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council

Award: Large scale evidence, microsimulation and translation to address contemporary challenges in tobacco control and cardiovascular disease

OpenAlex ID: W7162750240

FWCI: 3.924

Cites: 10

Cited by: 1

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