Impact and Equity of New York City's Tobacco Retail Reduction Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

High levels of tobacco retailer density in communities is associated with a range of tobacco use behaviors and is a key structural driver of tobacco-related disparities. This study evaluates the impacts of New York City's (NYC) novel policy intervention to cap tobacco retail licenses on tobacco retailer density levels and neighborhood inequities in tobacco access.

Methods

Using geocoded tobacco retail licensing data from 2010 to 2022, Bayesian conditional autoregressive Poisson panel models estimated the association between policy implementation in 2018 and retailer density per 1,000 population, controlling for neighborhood-level sociodemographic factors. Data were analyzed in 2023.

Results

The number of tobacco retail licenses decreased from 9,304 in 201

SUBMITTER: Giovenco DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872861 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature