Visibility of tobacco products and advertisement at the point of sale: a systematic audit of retailers in Amsterdam.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Visibility of tobacco products at the point of sale (PoS), in settings where open display of tobacco is allowed, is one of the last remaining ways in which the tobacco industry can legally promote their products. The aim of this study was to map the visibility of tobacco products and advertisement both inside and outside retailers, among different types of retailers.

Setting

The study was conducted in two districts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Participants

All potential tobacco retailers were visited within the districts, and were mapped using Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates.

Intervention

Observational data was collected for each tobacco retailer using a checklist with characteristics of the internal and external visibility of tobacco p

SUBMITTER: Nuyts PAW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194460 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature