The changing retail landscape for tobacco: dollar stores and the availability of cheap cigarettes among tobacco-related priority populations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dollar stores are rapidly altering the retail landscape for tobacco. Two of the three largest chains sell tobacco products in more than 24 000 stores across the USA. We sought to examine whether dollar stores are more likely to be located in disadvantaged neighbourhoods and whether dollar stores charge less for cigarettes than other tobacco retailers.

Methods

Data were collected from a statewide random sample of licensed tobacco retailers in California (n=7678) in 2019. Logistic regression modelled odds of a census tract containing at least one dollar store as a function of tract demographics. Linear mixed models compared price of the cheapest cigarette pack by store type, controlling for tract demographics.

Results

Census tracts with lower median househo

SUBMITTER: Raskind IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977398 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature