ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2014
Out of view but in plain sight: the illegal sale of single cigarettes.
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- Challenges and opportunities in implementing and enforcing India's loose cigarette sales ban: A qualitative stakeholder analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- "The ban is there, but it is not there": perceptions of cigarette users and tobacco vendors regarding ban on the sale of loose cigarettes in India.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Tobacco industry pricing strategies for single cigarettes and multistick packs after excise tax increases in Colombia.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Compliance with Section 7 (2) of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, Ban of Sale of Loose Tobacco, in Karnataka: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Retailer's Density and Single Stick Cigarette's Accessibility among School-Age Children in Indonesia.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
- '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
- Priority Areas for Child Diaper Access: Low-Income Neighborhoods with Limited Retail Access to the Basic Need of Diapers.Health equity · 2022Article
- Single cigarette purchasers among adult U.S. smokers.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- "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
- Adolescent's Perception about the Introduction of New Cigarette Packaging and Plain Packaging of Cigarette Packs: A Qualitative Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2018Article
- Alcohol Outlets and Substance Use among High Schoolers.Journal of community psychology · 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
- Neighborhood Inequalities in Retailers' Compliance With the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, January 2014-July 2014.Preventing chronic disease · 2015Article
- Discrepancy in Self-Report "Loosie" Use and Federal Compliance Checks.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Loose Cigarette Purchasing and Nondaily Smoking Among Young Adult Bar Patrons in New York City.American journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
The practice of selling single cigarettes (loosies) through an informal economy is prevalent in urban, low socioeconomic (low SES) communities. Although US state and federal laws make this practice illegal, it may be occurring more frequently with the recent increase in taxes on cigarettes. This investigation provides information concerning the illegal practice of selling single cigarettes to better understand this behavior and to inform intervention programs and policymakers. A total of 488 African American young adults were recruited and surveyed at two education and employment training programs in Baltimore City from 2005 to 2008. Fifty-one percent of the sample reported smoking cigarettes in the past month; only 3.7% of the sample were former smokers. Approximately 65% of respondents reported seeing single cigarettes sold daily on the street. Multivariate logistic regression modeling found that respondents who reported seeing single cigarettes sold on the street several times a week were more than two times as likely to be current smokers compared to participants who reported that they never or infrequently saw single cigarettes being sold, after controlling for demographics (OR = 2.16; p = 0.034). Tax increases have led to an overall reduction in cigarette smoking. However, smoking rates in urban, low SES communities and among young adults remain high. Attention and resources are needed to address the environmental, normative, and behavioral conditions influencing tobacco use and the disparities it causes. Addressing these factors would help reduce future health care costs and save lives.
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