ASPiRE 2022: Year in Review
Our ASPiRE 2022 Year in Review 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 2022. [...]
Subject: Retail Density
Results: 98
Draining the tobacco swamps: Shaping the built environment to reduce tobacco retailer proximity to residents in 30 big US cities
An ASPiRE team led by Todd Combs combined geospatial data on residential and tobacco retailer density in our CAB cities and found that a large majority of urban residents live in tobacco swamps – neighborhoods where there is a glut of tobacco retailers. Their study, published in Health & Place, simulated the effects of tobacco [...]
Real-time context of tobacco marketing exposure and community vulnerability-an ecological momentary assessment among young adults
A study co-authored by ASPiRE’s Kurt Ribisl and Shyanika Rose, of the Center for Health Equity Transformation at the University of Kentucky, examined real-time tobacco marketing exposure among young adults from vulnerable and non-vulnerable communities in Washington, DC, which recently received funding to enforce its restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco and menthol cigarettes. [...]
Retail endgame strategies: reduce tobacco availability and visibility and promote health equity
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 [...]
Sociodemographic disparities in tobacco retailer density in the United States, 2000–2017
A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research examines the relationship between tobacco retailer density and neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics from 2000 to 2017. ASPiRE co-authors Sarah Mills, Amanda Kong, Alexandria Reimold, Chris Baggett, and Shelley Golden found that tobacco retailer density was higher in areas with more Black and Hispanic residents and also in neighborhoods with [...]
Tobacco Retailer Density and Proximity: What’s the difference and how to talk about it
This presentation was delivered by Todd Combs at the CDC OSH National Tobacco Control Program Awardee Meeting in 2022. [...]
ASPiRE 2021: Year in Review
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. [...]
The Search for Mechanisms: Retailer Density and Modeling
This webinar was delivered by Douglas Luke and Todd Combs at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Conference in 2021. [...]
Associations of tobacco retailer density and proximity with adult tobacco use behaviours and health outcomes: a meta-analysis
This analysis, published in the international journal Tobacco Control, examined and statistically combined the results of 27 studies of tobacco retail density, adult tobacco use, and health outcomes from 8 countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, and the U.S. The authors found that lower tobacco retailer density was associated with a 2.6% [...]
Associations of County Tobacco Retailer Availability With U.S. Adult Smoking Behaviors, 2014-2015
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