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. [...]
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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. [...]
Reactions to sales restrictions on flavored vape products or all vape products among young adults in the United States
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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. [...]
Cigarette promotions in U.S. pharmacies
This study, published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, found cigarette promotions in 94% of pharmacies, more than any other retailer type, including convenience stores and tobacco stores. The data were obtained from store audits of price promotions, multi-pack promotions, and cross-product promotions at more than 2,000 tobacco retailers in 40 US states in 2015. [...]
Young people’s e-cigarette risk perceptions, policy attitudes, and past-month nicotine vaping in 30 U.S. cities
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Follow the money: a closer look at US tobacco industry marketing expenditures
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Cheaper tobacco product prices at US Air Force Bases compared with surrounding community areas, 2019
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 [...]
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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