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Dr Heewon Kang: Restricting supply of tobacco products to pharmacies: A scoping review

Tobacco Endgame CRE Annual Symposium, 31 May 2024, Brisbane: Dr Heewon Kang presents “Restricting supply of tobacco products to pharmacies: A scoping review”. We synthesised the published literature on proposals to restrict tobacco supply to pharmacies, covering: (1) policy concept/rationale, (2) policy impact and implementation, and (3) evidence gaps and research recommendations. Methods: We searched eight databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, IPA, ProQuest, and OATD) for publications with at least an English abstract. We searched reference lists of included publications manually. One author screened all publications, and a second author reviewed a 10% subset. We focused on approaches to restrict the supply of tobacco products to pharmacies, without any restrictions on study design, location, participants, or publication date. A total of 18 publications were identified. Among the thirteen studies conducted in specific geographical contexts, eight were from Aotearoa/New Zealand. The largest number of publications (n=8) focused on effectiveness domains, indicating potential reductions in retailer density, smoking prevalence, disease burden, cost, and increased opportunities for cessation advice. Seven explored policy acceptability among experts, pharmacists, and people who smoke. Publications noted that pharmacy-only supply aligns with other programs involving pharmacists, such as needle exchange programs, but conflicts with efforts to phase out tobacco sales from US and Canadian pharmacies. Progress in tobacco retailing policy (e.g., licensing, retailer incentives) and research (e.g., assessment of policy equity and durability, application in other geographic contexts) are needed before a pharmacy-only tobacco supply model would be feasible. Dr Heewon Kang is a research assistant professor at Seoul National University in South Korea and an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on evaluating support for and developing strategies for tobacco endgame policies in the South Korean context.