Tobacco retail availability and cigarette and e-cigarette use among youth and adults: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

States and localities are formulating strategies to reduce the widespread retail availability of tobacco products. Evidence of associations between retailer density/proximity and tobacco use outcomes can help inform those strategies. We conducted a scoping review on tobacco retail availability and cigarette/e-cigarette use in adults and youth, and considered variations in spatial units, measures of retailer exposure and outcomes across studies.

Methods

A systematic search for studies examining the association between retailer density/proximity and youth and adult cigarette/e-cigarette use was conducted across MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science and Google Scholar through 27 August 2020 with no restrictions.

Results

Thirty-five studies were included in our quali

SUBMITTER: Travis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126034 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature