Tobacco Control (journal)

Tobacco Control

Subject	Tobacco use
Language	English
Edited  by	Marita Hefler [1]
Publication details
History	1992-present
Publisher	BMJ Group
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Impact factor	4.0 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Tob. Control
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ISSN	0964-4563  (print) 1468-3318  (web)
OCLC  no.	60627031
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Tobacco Control is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco's effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.

It was established in 1992 and is published by BMJ Group. The founding editor-in-chief was Ronald Davis (Michigan Department of Community Health), ^[2] and the current one is Marita Hefler (Charles Darwin University). ^[1]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.0. ^[3]

Editors

The following people have served as editor-in-chief of the journal:

• 1992-1998: Ronald Davis (Michigan Department of Community Health) ^{[2] [4]}
• 1998-2008: Simon Chapman (University of Sydney) ^[5]
• 2009-2023: Ruth Malone (University of California San Francisco) ^{[6] [1]}
• Since 2023 : Marita Hefler (Charles Darwin University) ^[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed
• Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
• Current Contents/Social & Behavioural Sciences
• Science Citation Index
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Google Scholar
• CINAHL

See also

• Addiction medicine
• Smoking cessation
• Tobacco control
• Tobacco harm reduction

References

1. Ruth Malone (19 October 2023). "New editor at the most exciting time in tobacco control". Tobacco Control. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
2. Corsello, Philip (23 February 1994). "Tobacco Control: An International Journal". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 271 (8): 636. doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03510320078039.
3. "Tobacco Control". 2023 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Science ed.). [Clarivate]]. 2024.
4. "Ronald M. Davis, MD". University of Michigan Website. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
5. "Simon Chapman". University of Sydney Website. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
6. "Ruth Malone". University of California San Francisco Website. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

External links

• Official website