Open AccessChanges in Retail Tobacco Promotions in a Cohort of Stores Before, During, and After a Tobacco Product Display Ban
Author(s) -
Joanna E. Cohen,
Lynn Planinac,
Anne M. Lavack,
Daniel Robinson,
Shawn O’Connor,
Joanne DiNardo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300172
Subject(s) - tobacco control , tobacco product , signage , point of sale , advertising , government (linguistics) , business , product (mathematics) , tobacco leaf , environmental health , marketing , medicine , public health , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , nursing , mathematics , world wide web , computer science , agricultural engineering
We used a longitudinal design to investigate the impact of a government policy banning the display of tobacco products at the point of sale. The extent of tobacco promotions in 481 randomly selected stores was documented at 4 points in time (2005-2009). Tobacco promotions were greatly reduced after implementation of the display ban. A ban on the display of tobacco products and other signage and promotions at retail is a critical tobacco-control policy to reduce people's exposure to tobacco marketing.