ArticleAmerican journal of public health2017
Tobacco Town: Computational Modeling of Policy Options to Reduce Tobacco Retailer Density.
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- Cooling down hotspots of retail tobacco products: addressing disparities in the built environment through policy.Health & place · 2025Article
- Geographical differences in the financial impacts of different forms of tobacco licence fees on small retailers in Scotland.Tobacco control · 2025Article
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- Is Seeing Cigarettes in the Retail Environment Associated With Impulse Purchases? Findings From Surveys in Disadvantaged and Non-disadvantaged Neighborhoods in the Netherlands.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedERRATUM.2017
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify the behavioral mechanisms and effects of tobacco control policies designed to reduce tobacco retailer density.
methodsWe developed the Tobacco Town agent-based simulation model to examine 4 types of retailer reduction policies: (1) random retailer reduction, (2) restriction by type of retailer, (3) limiting proximity of retailers to schools, and (4) limiting proximity of retailers to each other. The model examined the effects of these policies alone and in combination across 4 different types of towns, defined by 2 levels of population density (urban vs suburban) and 2 levels of income (higher vs lower).
resultsModel results indicated that reduction of retailer density has the potential to decrease accessibility of tobacco products by driving up search and purchase costs. Policy effects varied by town type: proximity policies worked better in dense, urban towns whereas retailer type and random retailer reduction worked better in less-dense, suburban settings.
conclusionsComprehensive retailer density reduction policies have excellent potential to reduce the public health burden of tobacco use in communities.
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