🦁   Tobacco use in the context of natural disasters: a scoping review pertinent to tobacco control in Indonesia

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Objective In Indonesia, the second most natural disaster-prone country in the world, the tobacco industry exploits such crises via corporate social responsibility. The objective of this study was to map existing evidence on natural disasters and tobacco use in order to understand how tobacco control policies could be optimised in disaster-prone regions. Design Scoping review. Data sources ScienceDirect, PubMed and Google Scholar, with searches conducted twice: between January and April 2024 and again in August 2025. Study selection All studies examining natural disasters, smoking behaviours and the tobacco industry. Data extraction Studies were assessed primarily on reports of tobacco use change, tobacco control policy enforcement, tobacco industry interference and mention of the role ...

BMJ     Jan 07, 2026