Tobacco Control (journal)
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, and the current one is Marita Hefler.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.0.
Editors
The following people have served as editor-in-chief of the journal:- 1992-1998: Ronald Davis
- 1998-2008: Simon Chapman
- 2009-2023: Ruth Malone
- Since 2023 : Marita Hefler
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