Modelling the impact of menthol sales restrictions and retailer density reduction policies: insights from tobacco town Minnesota.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tobacco control policies focused on the retail environment have the potential to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related health disparities through increasing direct and indirect costs. Recently, national and subnational governments have begun to restrict the sale of menthol products and reduce tobacco retailer density.

Methods

We developed an agent-based model to project the impact of menthol cigarette sales restrictions and retailer density reduction policies for six types of communities and three priority populations. During each simulated day, agents smoke cigarettes, travel in the community and make purchase decisions-whether, where and which product type to purchase-based on a combination of their own properties and the current retail environment.

Result

SUBMITTER: Combs TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476266 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature