A Systematic Review of Neighborhood Disparities in Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing.

ABSTRACT: We systematically reviewed evidence of disparities in tobacco marketing at tobacco retailers by sociodemographic neighborhood characteristics. We identified 43 relevant articles from 893 results of a systematic search in 10 databases updated May 28, 2014. We found 148 associations of marketing (price, placement, promotion, or product availability) with a neighborhood demographic of interest (socioeconomic disadvantage, race, ethnicity, and urbanicity). Neighborhoods with lower income have more tobacco marketing. There is more menthol marketing targeting urban neighborhoods and neighborhoods with more Black residents. Smokeless tobacco products are targeted more toward rural neighborhoods and neighborhoods with more White residents. Differences in store type partially explain these disparit

SUBMITTER: Lee JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529779 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature