ArticleTobacco control2018
Marijuana as a 'concept' flavour for cigar products: availability and price near California schools.
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- Blunt and non-blunt cannabis use associated with cigarette, e-cigarette, and cigar initiation: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Concentration of Cannabis and Tobacco Retailers in Los Angeles County, California: A Spatial Analysis of Potential Effects on Youth and Ethnic Minorities.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2022Article
- Twitter Surveillance at the Intersection of the Triangulum.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Flavors and Implied Reduced-Risk Descriptors in Cigar Ads at Stores Near Schools.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Neighborhood Disparities in the Availability, Advertising, Promotion, and Youth Appeal of Little Cigars and Cigarillos, United States, 2015.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Blunt use and menthol cigarette smoking: An examination of adult marijuana users.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Assurances of Voluntary Compliance: A Regulatory Mechanism to Reduce Youth Access to E-Cigarettes and Limit Retail Tobacco Marketing.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Cigar package quantity and smoking behavior.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the retail availability of cigar products that refer to marijuana and the largest package size of cigarillos available for ≤$1.
methodsTrained data collectors conducted marketing surveillance in a random sample of licensed tobacco retailers that sold little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs) (n=530) near a statewide sample of middle and high schools (n=132) in California. Multilevel models examined the presence of marijuana co-marketing and cigarillo pack size as a function of school/neighbourhood characteristics and adjusted for store type.
resultsOf stores that sold LCCs, approximately 62% contained at least one form of marijuana co-marketing: 53.2% sold cigar wraps marketed as blunt wraps, 27.2% sold cigarillos marketed as blunts and 26.0% sold at least one LCC with a marijuana-related 'concept' flavour. Controlling for store type, marijuana co-marketing was more prevalent in school neighbourhoods with a higher proportion of young residents (ages 5-17 years) and with lower median household income. Nearly all stores that sold LCCs (87.9%) offered the products for ≤$1. However, significantly larger packs at similarly low prices were available near schools in lower-income neighbourhoods and with a lower percentage of Hispanic students.
conclusionsUnderstanding how the tobacco industry manipulates cigar products and marketing to capitalise on the appeal of marijuana to youth and other priority populations is important to inform regulation, particularly for flavoured tobacco products. In addition, the retail availability of five and six packs of LCCs for ≤$1 near California schools underscores policy recommendations to establish minimum prices for multipacks.
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