Tobacco Control (journal)
Academic journal
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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