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Tobacco Retail Policy Trends in 2022

Between March and May 2022, 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 [...]

Retail-focused tobacco control: equity and endgame implications

The second issue of Tobacco Control focusing on the retail environment features an analysis by ASPiRE’s Lisa Henriksen. “A global proliferation of tobacco and nicotine products poses challenges for surveillance, prevention, cessation, regulation, and enforcement,” she writes. Two of the 17 studies in the e-issue evaluate tobacco sales bans, an endgame strategy that was unimaginable [...]

Perceived helpfulness of tobacco control policies for supporting cessation: a survey in 30 cities across the US with adults who smoke daily

Erin Vogel from our Stanford team team shared this presentation as part of an ASPiRE panel at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco 2023 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on March 3. See the presentation slides. [...]

Case Study: St. Paul, MN Tobacco Ordinance 2021

Illustration of St. Paul, Minnesota

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; [...]