ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2007
Buying and selling "loosies" in Baltimore: the informal exchange of cigarettes in the community context.
Article in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03194958 (Helping the Poor Quit Smoking), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Helping the Poor Quit Smoking: Specialized Quitlines and Meeting Basic Needs
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25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Barriers and motivators to reducing secondhand smoke exposure in African American families of head start children: a qualitative study.Health education research · 2016Trial
- The prevalence and correlates of single cigarette selling among urban disadvantaged drug users in Baltimore, Maryland.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2013Trial
- Individual- and area-level unemployment influence smoking cessation among African Americans participating in a randomized clinical trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2012Trial
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- Unveiling the intellectual structure of informality: Insights from the socioeconomic literature.PloS one · 2024Article
- Tobacco industry pricing strategies for single cigarettes and multistick packs after excise tax increases in Colombia.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Tobacco-Related Disparities Viewed Through the Lens of Intersectionality.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- 'We're not gonna have a big quit if loose ones are around': urban, African American smokers' beliefs concerning single cigarette use reduction.Health education research · 2022Article
- "I'm gonna get me a loosie" Understanding single cigarette purchases by adult smokers in a disadvantaged section of New York City.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Cognitive, Behavioral, and Situational Influences on Relapse to Smoking After Group Treatment for Tobacco Dependence.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- The Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Tobacco Outlet Exposure and Tobacco Use Among African American Young Adults.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Single Cigarette Sales: State Differences in FDA Advertising and Labeling Violations, 2014, United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Article
- Beyond Smoking Prevalence: Exploring the Variability of Associations between Neighborhood Exposures across Two Nested Spatial Units and Two-Year Smoking Trajectory among Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Loose Cigarette Purchasing and Nondaily Smoking Among Young Adult Bar Patrons in New York City.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- The impact of the tobacco retail outlet environment on adult cessation and differences by neighborhood poverty.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2015Observational
- Out of view but in plain sight: the illegal sale of single cigarettes.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Article
- Marketing little cigars and cigarillos: advertising, price, and associations with neighborhood demographics.American journal of public health · 2013Article
- Contraband tobacco on post-secondary campuses in Ontario, Canada: analysis of discarded cigarette butts.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Socioeconomic status and tobacco consumption among adolescents: a multilevel analysis of Argentina's Global Youth Tobacco Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2012Article
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Abstract
Since the release of the first Surgeon General's report, the proportion of adult smokers in the U.S. has been reduced by half (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004). This success has not, however, been equally felt across all social strata. Recent survey data from Baltimore show considerably elevated smoking rates within urban, African-American communities. Of particular concern was that in some communities, over half of the young adults (18-24 years old) smoke cigarettes. As yet, there has been little focus on understanding or preventing cigarette smoking among young adults, particularly for those seeking entry into the workforce rather than being engaged in higher education. In this paper, we explore community factors contributing to high young adult smoking prevalence. Our analysis is based on data from four focus groups conducted in 2004 as part of a community-based participatory research project with two urban education and job training organizations. The focus group data reflect the experiences and opinions of 28 young adult program participants (23 smokers and 5 nonsmokers). The data highlight a normalized practice of buying and selling single cigarettes ("loosies") within the community, with participants describing buying loose cigarettes as a preferred acquisition practice. We apply theories of informal economy and suggest that this alternative purchasing option may influence the smoking behavior of these young adults. We argue that public health efforts need to more closely consider the impact of community structures on program implementation. Overlooking key community characteristics such as the availability of single cigarettes may serve to intensify health disparities.
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