How Much for Marlboro? Change in Price From a Cohort of Retailers in 30 Major US Cities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This poster was presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Conference in 2023. [...]
Subject: Tobacco Retailers
Results: 54
Case Study: St. Paul, MN Tobacco Ordinance 2021
This case study tells the story of the development and implementation of Saint Paul, Minnesota’s 2021 comprehensive retail tobacco ordinance. The case study details the policy development process; highlights the important partnership among the Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota, the Saint Paul City Council, and the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota; [...]
Evidence-based point-of-sale policies to reduce North Carolina youth tobacco use
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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. [...]
Urban-rural differences in tobacco product availability in food retailers, United States, 2017
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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 [...]
The impact of recent tobacco regulations and COVID-19 restrictions and implications for future e-cigarette retail: perspectives from vape and vape-and-smoke shop merchants
Vape retailers in six U.S. cities expressed concern about the impact of regulations, their perceived insufficiency of evidence behind them, and the challenges of explaining them to customers, according to a new paper co-authored by Lisa Henriksen, Nina Schleicher, and Trent Johnson. Researchers surveyed 60 owners or managers of vape of vape-and-smoke shops in Atlanta, [...]
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 company agreements with tobacco retailers for price discounts and prime placement of products and advertising: a scoping review
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 [...]