Pub Date : 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00258-0
Milit S Patel, Krupam S Patel, Jonas Willmann, Erin Jay G Feliciano, Luisa E Jacomina, Edward Christopher Dee
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Pub Date : 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00277-4
Gabrielle Beaudry, Brendan L Harney, Sarah Larney, Emma Plugge, Anne C Spaulding, Nadine Kronfli
{"title":"Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Gabrielle Beaudry, Brendan L Harney, Sarah Larney, Emma Plugge, Anne C Spaulding, Nadine Kronfli","doi":"10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00277-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00277-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56027,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Public Health","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145902560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00297-x
Eva Meglic, Alexander Ploner, Mark Clements, Miriam Elfström, Jiayao Lei
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Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00296-8
Harry Tattan-Birch, Sarah E Jackson, Lion Shahab, Vera Buss, Tianze Sun, Daniel Read, Eve Taylor, Jamie Brown
Background
Global oral nicotine pouch sales have grown rapidly in recent years, but population-level patterns of use remain poorly described. The aim of this study is to examine recent trends in nicotine pouch use in Great Britain.
Methods
We used data from the Smoking Toolkit Study, a representative monthly cross-sectional survey of tobacco and nicotine use in Great Britain, collected between October, 2020, and March, 2025 (recruiting around 2450 participants per month). Participants were aged 16 years or older (16–17-year-olds included from January, 2022). Nicotine pouch use was self-reported through questions on current use of various nicotine and tobacco products. We estimated trends in the prevalence of current nicotine pouch use, overall and stratified by sociodemographic characteristics and other nicotine product use, as well as trends in the use of pouches to aid quitting smoking. All reported percentages are survey-weighted.
Findings
A total of 127 793 individuals were included in this study. Among adults, nicotine pouch use increased from 0·1% (95% CI 0·1–0·2) in October, 2020, to 1·0% (0·8–1·2) in March, 2025. From 2022, increases were concentrated among young people: in 16–24-year-olds, use rose from 0·7% (0·4–1·4) in January, 2022, to 4·0% (2·9–5·5) in March, 2025, with no meaningful change in those aged 35 years and older. Use was higher among men, especially 16–24-year-old men (7·5%, 6·0–9·4 in March, 2025) and those who smoke or vape, but similar across nations and social grades. Among people using pouches surveyed from January, 2022, to March, 2025, 69% (95% CI 65–74) also used other nicotine products; 56% (52–61) smoked, 39% (34–44) vaped, and 16% (12–19) had never smoked regularly. Among people who attempted to quit smoking in the past year, the proportion using pouches in their most recent quit attempt rose from 2·6% (1·0–6·6) in October, 2020, to 6·5% (4·8–8·8) in March, 2025.
Interpretation
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people, especially young men. Most users also smoked or vaped, and a growing proportion of smokers used pouches in attempts to quit smoking. These findings underscore the importance of implementing age-of-sale legislation for nicotine pouches and conducting research on their effectiveness for smoking cessation.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00302-0
The Lancet Public Health
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Pub Date : 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00274-9
Giansanto Mosconi, Paola Bertuccio, Lorella Cecconami, Riccardo Vecchio, Elisa Benedetti, Marco Scalese, Silvia Biagioni, Silvano Gallus, Sabrina Molinaro, Anna Odone
{"title":"Gaming and gambling behaviours among Italian adolescents: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Giansanto Mosconi, Paola Bertuccio, Lorella Cecconami, Riccardo Vecchio, Elisa Benedetti, Marco Scalese, Silvia Biagioni, Silvano Gallus, Sabrina Molinaro, Anna Odone","doi":"10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00274-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00274-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56027,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Public Health","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145730678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00279-8
Benjamin Goodair, François Schoenberger, Anders Bach-Mortensen
Although the commercialisation of care services is intended to produce markets that respond to care need, it is still unclear whether profit incentives align with population need. In this Health Policy, we examine the provision of the children's residential care market in England and whether it responds effectively to geographical need. We analysed comprehensive data on all children's homes in England between 2014 and 2023 and categorised providers as Local Authority, third sector, investment owned, individual owned, or corporate owned. We operationalised area need through net loss measures: the difference between the number of children placed outside a Local Authority versus those placed within it. Using Bayesian hierarchical models, we assessed the relationships between area characteristics, children's home locations, and ownership structures. In 2023, 852 (29·8%) of 2861 children's homes in England were owned by investment firms, doubling the number they ran in 2014 (414 of 1350 homes). All for-profit homes disproportionately located in areas of low need and investment-owned homes located more in areas with low house prices. Compared with Local Authority homes, investment-owned homes were less likely to operate in areas of high need and non-commercial homes were most likely to open in areas of high need. The commercialisation of children's social care provision has corresponded with less accessible services, contributing to sufficiency issues. Current market dynamics fail to address, and likely worsen, geographical disparities in children's residential care provision.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00260-9
Nicklas Vinter, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Gregory Y H Lip, Ludovic Trinquart, Lars Frost, Emelia J Benjamin
{"title":"Temporal trends in associations between social drivers and life-years lost in newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in Denmark, 2000–22: a nationwide cohort study","authors":"Nicklas Vinter, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Gregory Y H Lip, Ludovic Trinquart, Lars Frost, Emelia J Benjamin","doi":"10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00260-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00260-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56027,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Public Health","volume":"227 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145730679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00299-3
Fletcher RA, Rockenschaub P, Neuen BL, et al. Contemporary epidemiology of hospitalised heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction in England: a retrospective, cohort study of whole-population electronic health records. Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e871–85—In figure 1D of this Article, the annual change in incidence should have read “Reduced ejection fraction –2·6% (95% CI –9·5 to 4·8)” and “Preserved ejection fraction 2·5% (95% CI –3·7 to 9·2)”. This correction has been made as of Dec 3, 2025.
Fletcher RA, Rockenschaub P, Neuen BL,等。当代英格兰住院心力衰竭患者射血分数降低与保留的流行病学:一项对全人群电子健康记录的回顾性队列研究。柳叶刀公共卫生2024;[11:8 71 - 85]在本文的图1D中,发病率的年变化应该是“减少射血分数-2·6% (95% CI - 9.5 ~ 4·8)”和“保留射血分数2·5% (95% CI -3·7 ~ 9·2)”。此更正已于2025年12月3日进行。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00282-8
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