Assessing the Relationship between Retail Store Tobacco Advertising and Local Tobacco Control Policies: A Massachusetts Case Study
Joint Authors
Miller, Edward Alan
Cohen, Joanna E.
Usidame, Bukola
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-09-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
This study documents the extent of tobacco ads in retail stores and evaluates its association with the comprehensiveness of local tobacco control policies in the state of Massachusetts, US.
Methods.
Using a two-stage cluster sampling method, we sampled 419 retail stores across 42 municipalities to assess the presence and count of nine mutually exclusive tobacco ad categories.
Tobacco ads by store type and municipality were analyzed using summary statistics and contingency tables.
Regression models tested the association between the extent of tobacco ads and local tobacco control policy comprehensiveness.
Results.
Overall, 86.6% (n = 363) of all the retail stores had tobacco ads.
On average, there were 6.7 ads per retail store (SD = 6.61) and 2804 ads across all the retail stores (range = 0 : 32).
Retail stores had an average of three different categories of tobacco ads (mean = 2.98, SD = 1.84).
Across all retail stores, the most frequent ad categories were power walls (80.0%) and e-cigarette ads (55.8%).
Retail stores in municipalities with more comprehensive local tobacco control policies were more likely to have fewer tobacco ads (IRR = 0.92, p<0.01) and a lower number of tobacco ad categories (OR = 0.88, p<0.05).
Conclusion.
Municipalities can adopt more comprehensive tobacco control policies to help limit the extent of tobacco retail advertising.
This can ultimately reduce smoking in their jurisdiction.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Usidame, Bukola& Miller, Edward Alan& Cohen, Joanna E.. 2019. Assessing the Relationship between Retail Store Tobacco Advertising and Local Tobacco Control Policies: A Massachusetts Case Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Usidame, Bukola…[et al.]. Assessing the Relationship between Retail Store Tobacco Advertising and Local Tobacco Control Policies: A Massachusetts Case Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Usidame, Bukola& Miller, Edward Alan& Cohen, Joanna E.. Assessing the Relationship between Retail Store Tobacco Advertising and Local Tobacco Control Policies: A Massachusetts Case Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1174004