Store Assessments Archives

Presentation or Poster, 2021

Retail Tobacco Policy Efforts and Barriers to Implementation in the U.S.: Insights from Local Practitioners

This slide presentation was shared by Stephanie Andersen at ToPCon: a commercial tobacco prevention conference in May 2021. [...]

Buffer Policies, Enforcement, Flavors, including Menthol, Licensing, Preemption, Retail Density, State & Local Experiences, Store Assessments, Youth

Presentation or Poster, 2020

Retail tobacco policy efforts and barriers to implementation in the US: Insights from local practitioners

This poster was presented at the NIH AcademyHealth 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. [...]

Enforcement, Flavors, including Menthol, Licensing, Preemption, Retail Density, State & Local Experiences, Store Assessments, Youth

Report Brief or Research Brief, 2020

Tobacco Retail Policy Trends in 2019

Between March and July 2019, we interviewed tobacco control program managers or coalition members in each of our 30 ASPiRE Community Advisory Board (CAB) cities about their retail policy efforts. We also conducted an online survey of state tobacco control program managers in all 50 states. We collected data on Retail Policy Activity, Barriers, and [...]

Buffer Policies, E-Cigarettes, Emerging Products, Enforcement, Flavors, including Menthol, Health Equity, Licensing, Preemption, Price, Retail Density, State & Local Experiences, Store Assessments, Youth

Research Article, 2016

Standardized Tobacco Assessment for Retail Settings (STARS): dissemination and implementation research

A paper describing the development of the STARS tool and evaluating its early use among state tobacco control programs. The study reports on states’ use of the tool, finding that it can be used to inform policy change. [...]

Price, Store Assessments

Presentation or Poster, 2016

State & Community Retail Policy

A presentation assessing state- and local-level activity on 33 tobacco retail policies and identifying barriers to progress, needed resources, trends in policy activity over time, and licensing and enforcement. [...]

E-Cigarettes, Licensing, Price, Retail Density, Store Assessments

Report, 2016

Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: Realizing the Power of States and Communities to Change the Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape

A report in a periodic series on the tobacco retail landscape, with recommendations for studying and addressing three key areas: retailer density, store assessment, and policy activity. [...]

E-Cigarettes, Flavors, including Menthol, Health Equity, Price, Retail Density, Store Assessments

Report, 2015

Assessing Retail Environments with STARS Standardized Tobacco Assessment for Retail Settings

A report highlighting the experience with STARS in Indiana, Oregon, Texas, and Vermont. These states illustrate how STARS can be used to increase awareness and inform tobacco retail policy. [...]

Health Equity, Store Assessments, Youth

Research Article, 2015

Evaluation of measurement tools for tobacco product displays: is there an app for that?

A study examining the accuracy of various tools to measure tobacco product displays, for purposes of retail store assessments. The authors found that measurement tools were generally reliable but varied in sensitivity to size. [...]

Store Assessments

Infographic, 2015