Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions Reduce Tobacco Product Availability and Retailer Advertising.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined differences in the availability and advertising of flavored tobacco products before and after flavored tobacco sales restrictions were enacted in Alameda and San Francisco Counties in California.

Main outcome measures

Data were collected from a sample of tobacco retailers in Alameda and San Francisco Counties at two time points: 2015, before flavored tobacco policies were enacted, and in 2019-2020, after some cities had enacted policies. Retailers were separated by city into Category 1 (n = 442)-retailers in cities that enacted a flavored tobacco policy between the two data collection periods, and Category 2 (n = 89), those that had not. Means comparison tests were conducted to evaluate significant differences over time and by cate

SUBMITTER: Holmes LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8953832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature