Subject: Price

In a special communication published in Tobacco Control, ASPiRE’s Kurt Ribisl and Shelley Golden propose strategies for making higher tobacco excise taxes more effective. Designing those taxes to raise prices frequently and substantially for all products, along with minimum price laws and bans on coupons, discounts and other promotions would reduce the persistence of lower-price products [...]

In a special communication published in Tobacco Control, ASPiRE’s Amanda Kong and Lisa Henriksen note that an increasing number of countries have set goals for dramatic reductions in smoking. But to achieve those goals and promote health equity, policies are needed to reduce retail sales and visibility of tobacco products. Focusing on retailer reduction strategies [...]

A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research reviewed existing literature to better understand the use of often-secretive contracts between tobacco companies and retailers. ASPiRE’s Alexandria Reimold, Joseph Lee, and Kurt Ribisl found that contracts are common and often require retailers to lower product pricing, display signage, promote products, and give products highly visible placement. Contracts [...]

A study published in the Nicotine & Tobacco Research revealed shifts in cigarette marketing from 1975 to 2019. Cigarette marketing expenditures peaked at $21.1 billion in 2003 and have shifted from advertising to retail spending, according to a new study by ASPiRE’s Haijing Ma, Alexandria Reimold, and Kurt Ribisl. They found spending increased from 1975 [...]

This 3-page product includes an overview of tobacco retail policies implemented in our 30 CAB cities and a summary of scientific and translational products published by the ASPiRE Center in 2021. [...]

A study published in Tobacco Control evaluates compliance with a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy requiring stores on military bases to set tobacco prices comparable to stores in the surrounding community. The authors conducted store audits of 23 on-base and 50 off-base retailers in Texas. They found the median price of cigarettes and smokeless [...]

Set of 29 Tobacco Sales Fact Sheets for the 29 of the cities represented on the ASPiRE Community Advisory Board (CAB). These sheets present statistics about tobacco sales in 2019, including cigarettes, vaping products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, and loose/pipe tobacco. [...]

This fact sheet presents statistics about tobacco sales in Washington, DC, in 2019, including cigarettes, vaping products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, and loose/pipe tobacco. [...]

This fact sheet presents statistics about tobacco sales in Seattle, WA, in 2019, including cigarettes, vaping products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, and loose/pipe tobacco. [...]

This fact sheet presents statistics about tobacco sales in San Francisco, CA, in 2019, including cigarettes, vaping products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, and loose/pipe tobacco. [...]