All Stories

  1. Nicotine pouch use by sex, school type and tobacco product use among Finnish adolescents during the 2023 change in regulatory scheme with deregulated sales

    Article • Addiction, June 2024, Wiley

    Otto Ruokolainen

  2. Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

    Article • Tobacco Control, June 2024, BMJ

    Otto Ruokolainen

  3. Patterns and Determinants of Exclusive Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) Use, Exclusive Smoking and Dual Use in General Population During 20 Years

    Article • Substance Use & Addiction Journal, June 2024, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen

  4. Sales of tobacco and nicotine replacement therapy products, especially nicotine pouches, increased in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen

  5. Tobacco endgame measures and their adaptation in selected European countries: A narrative review synthesis

    Article • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, April 2024, E.U. European Publishing

    Otto Ruokolainen

  6. Cross-sectional study of the associations between the implementation of the WHO FCTC tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship bans and current e-cigarette use among youth from countries with different income levels

    Article • Tobacco Control, January 2024, BMJ

    Otto Ruokolainen

  7. Implementation of the Article 13 WHO FCTC measures and changes in cigarette smoking among youth in 42 countries

    Article • BMJ Global Health, December 2023, BMJ

    Otto Ruokolainen

  8. Have there been changes in daily smoking and cigarette consumption among adolescents? Investigation between 1999 and 2019 among Finnish adolescents

    Article • Addiction, November 2023, Wiley

    Otto Ruokolainen

  9. Tobacco endgame in the WHO European Region: Feasibility in light of current tobacco control status

    Article • Tobacco Induced Diseases, November 2023, E.U. European Publishing

    Otto Ruokolainen

  10. Changes in smoking due to COVID-19 pandemic among persons of migrant origin compared with the general population: a population-based study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, September 2023, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen

  11. Changes in prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco and nicotine use in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, July 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Otto Ruokolainen

  12. A Nationally Representative Study of the Hardening Hypothesis Among Educational Groups Over Four Decades

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Otto Ruokolainen, Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola

  13. Area-level sociodemographic differences in tobacco availability examined with nationwide tobacco product retail licence data in Finland

    Article • Tobacco Control, April 2023, BMJ

    Otto Ruokolainen

  14. Correlates of e‐cigarette use before and after comprehensive regulatory changes and e‐liquid flavour ban among general population

    Article • Drug and Alcohol Review, February 2022, Wiley

    Otto Ruokolainen

  15. Smoke in the air – Associations between experimentation with cannabis and the use of tobacco and nicotine products among 15–16-year-old school students

    Article • Addictive Behaviors, March 2021, Elsevier

    Otto Ruokolainen

  16. Association between educational level and smoking cessation in an 11-year follow-up study of a national health survey

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, March 2021, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen

  17. Intergenerational social mobility, smoking and smokeless tobacco (snus) use among adolescents during 2008–2017

    Article • Addictive Behaviors, November 2019, Elsevier

    Otto Ruokolainen

  18. Thirty-eight-year trends of educational differences in smoking in Finland

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Otto Ruokolainen

  19. Attitudes of adult population towards smoking and tobacco control in Finland

    Article • Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen

  20. Determinants of electronic cigarette use among Finnish adults

    Article • Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, November 2017, SAGE Publications

    Otto Ruokolainen