Associations of County Tobacco Retailer Availability With U.S. Adult Smoking Behaviors, 2014-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Greater availability of tobacco product retailers in an area may be associated with smoking behaviors, and the majority of people who smoke purchase their cigarettes at gas stations and convenience stores. This cross-sectional study investigates the associations of overall tobacco retailer density and gas/convenience density with adult smoking behaviors.

Methods

This study built a list of tobacco retailers in 2014 and calculated the county-level number of retailers per 1,000 people. Individual-level smoking behavior data were drawn from the 2014-2015 Tobacco Use Supplement for a sample of adults (n=88,850) residing in metropolitan counties across the U.S. General estimating equation models were fit to investigate the associations between retailer density and cig

SUBMITTER: Kong AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature