At the beginning of each month, we conduct a search of the PubMed database for new peer-reviewed articles on the retail tobacco environment and policy.  Many of these articles are available for FREE. The March 2021 PubMed search results are now available. Check them out! And check back after the first Tuesday of each month for a new list.    

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Characterizing the spatial relationship between smoking status and tobacco retail exposure: Implications for policy development and evaluation. Brooks MM, Siegel SD, Curriero FC. Health Place. 2021 Feb 17;68:102530. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102530. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33609995

Point-of-sale cigarette pricing strategies and young adult smokers’ intention to purchase cigarettes: An online experiment. Choi K, Kreuger K, McNeel TS, Osgood N. Tob Control. 2021 Feb 25:tobaccocontrol-2020-056004. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056004. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33632805

Tobacco 21 policies in the U.S.: The importance of local control with federal policy. Dobbs PD, Chadwick G, Dunlap CM, White KA, Cheney MK. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Feb 15:S0749-3797(21)00062-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.12.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33602533

Multi-level drivers of tobacco use and purchasing behaviors during COVID-19 “lockdown”: A qualitative study in the United States. Giovenco DP, Spillane TE, Maggi RM, Lee EY, Philbin MM. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Mar 1;94:103175. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103175. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33662811

Tobacco retail licencing systems in Europe. Kuipers MAG, Nuyts PAW, Willemsen MC, Kunst AE. Tob Control. 2021 Feb 12:tobaccocontrol-2020-055910. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055910. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33579776

Retail alcohol and tobacco sales during COVID-19. Lee BP, Dodge JL, Leventhal A, Terrault NA. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.7326/M20-7271. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33646843 No abstract available.

Tobacco and e-cigarettes point of sale advertising–Assessing compliance with tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship bans in Poland. Polanska K, Kaleta D. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 18;18(4):1976. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041976. PMID: 33670741

The legacy of redlining: Associations between historical neighborhood mapping and contemporary tobacco retailer density in Ohio. Schwartz E, Onnen N, Craigmile PF, Roberts ME. Health Place. 2021 Feb 22;68:102529. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102529. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33631601

Retail marketing of menthol cigarettes in Los Angeles, California: A challenge to health equity. Smiley SL, Cho J, Blackman KCA, Cruz TB, Pentz MA, Samet JM, Baezconde-Garbanati L. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 Feb 11;18:E11. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200144. PMID: 33571082   

The above papers are the results of the following PubMed search:

(tobacco products[mesh] OR tobacco[tiab] OR tobacco industry[mesh] OR (smoking[mesh] NOT marijuana smoking[mesh]) OR smoking[tiab] OR cigarette[tiab] OR cigarettes[tiab] OR cigar[tiab] OR cigars[tiab] OR cigarillo[tiab] OR cigarillos[tiab] OR ends[tiab] OR “electronic nicotine device”[tiab] OR “electronic nicotine devices”[tiab] OR “heat not burn”[tiab] OR heat-not-burn[tiab] OR vaping[tiab] OR vapes[tiab] OR vape[tiab] OR heatstick[tiab] OR heatsticks[tiab] OR “heated tobacco product”[tiab] OR “heated tobacco products”[tiab] OR “non-cigarette tobacco product”[tiab] OR “non-cigarette tobacco products”[tiab]) AND (store[tiab] OR stores[tiab] OR “point of sale”[tiab] OR “points of sale”[tiab] OR retail[tiab] OR retailers[tiab] OR retailer[tiab] OR retailing[tiab] OR shop[tiab] OR “gas station”[tiab] OR “gas stations”[tiab] OR “point of purchase”[tiab] OR “points of purchase”[tiab] OR outlet[tiab] OR outlets[tiab] OR “milk bars”[tiab] OR newsstands[tiab])

Previous literature reviews: June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, December 2020, January 2021, February 2021