Tobacco Control

Aims & Scope

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.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.7
2024	4.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.305

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	147

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1104

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2646

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes

  Citation: 1323

  Authors: Maciej Lukasz, Jakub, Michal, Leon, Andrzej, Jolanta, Adam, Magdalena, Czeslawa, Christopher, Peyton, Neal

• Health warning messages on tobacco products: a review

  Citation: 827

  Authors: David

• A descriptive model of the cigarette epidemic in developed countries

  Citation: 825

  Authors: A. D., N. E., T.

• Four hundred and sixty brands of e-cigarettes and counting: implications for product regulation

  Citation: 725

  Authors: Shu-Hong, Jessica Y, Erika, Sharon E, Anthony, Lu, Madeleine

• Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study

  Citation: 709

  Authors: Andrew, Bridget K, Kevin P, Nicolette, Elizabeth, Charles, Kristie, Scott, Geoffrey T, K Michael, David, John P, James, Karen, Maansi, Ray, Donna, David, Nahla, Jonathan, Andrea, Graham, Sharon, Nick, Victoria, Victoria R, Greta, Annette, Charles, Dana M, Heather L, Ben, Ling, Barbara, Cindy, Derek, Lynn C, Yu-Ching, David, Cathy L, Wilson M

• Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature

  Citation: 614

  Authors: S. L, L. L

• Do u smoke after txt? Results of a randomised trial of smoking cessation using mobile phone text messaging

  Citation: 569

  Authors: A, T, D, T, M, R-B, M

• Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy

  Citation: 501

  Authors: Frank J, Ayda, Geoffrey T

• Vaping versus JUULing: how the extraordinary growth and marketing of JUUL transformed the US retail e-cigarette market

  Citation: 493

  Authors: Jidong, Zongshuan, Julian, Steven, Lisa E, Yoonsang, Glen, Sherry L

• Pictorial cigarette pack warnings: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

  Citation: 487

  Authors: Seth M, Marissa G, Diane B, Kurt M, Jessica K, Noel T

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