ArticleHealth & place2018
Disparities in retail marketing for menthol cigarettes in the United States, 2015.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The impact of menthol cigarette use on quit attempts and abstinence among smokers with opioid use disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2021Trial
- The U.S. Federal Menthol Ban: a Critical Step Toward Health Equity for African Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- California's prohibition of flavoured tobacco sales and the tobacco industry's attempts to evade it.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- Commercial tobacco retail marketing in rural communities in Appalachian Kentucky, 2024.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Perceptions of a Menthol Cigarette Ban: Focus Group Study With US Adults who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Retail Availability of Oral Nicotine Pouches in Three US Cities: A Geographic Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- Conversations with African Americans Regarding a Ban on the Sale of Menthol Cigarettes.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Digital Smoking Cessation Preferences of Predominately Low-Income and Latino Residents of the San Joaquin Valley in California: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Residential Segregation and Lung Cancer Risk in African American Adults.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Evidence-Based Post-Ban Research to Inform Effective Menthol Cigarette Bans in the United States and Other Jurisdictions.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Neighborhood Inequities in Tobacco Product Descriptors, Washington, DC, 2018-2019.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Examining the relationship of flavored tobacco product policy restrictions and flavored tobacco product use, among adolescents and young adults in the U.S.Preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic and Temporal Differences in Menthol Cigarette Use Among US Adults Who Smoke, 1999-2018.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Article
- Racial and Economic Segregation Over the Life Course and Incident Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Black Women in California.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- The Association Between the License Fee Increase and the Density of Tobacco Retailers in California-A Segmented Interrupted Time-Series Analysis by Income and Race/Ethnicity.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
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- Follow the money: a closer look at US tobacco industry marketing expenditures.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Perceptions of the Massachusetts Menthol Ban and Its Impact on Smoking Behaviors among Marginalized Individuals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Using systems science to advance health equity in tobacco control: a causal loop diagram of smoking.Tobacco control · 2023Review
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Abstract
This study describes retail marketing for menthol cigarettes and its relationship with neighborhood demographics in a national sample of tobacco retailers in the United States. Mixed-effects models were used to examine three outcomes: menthol cigarette exterior advertising, menthol cigarette price promotions, and the pack price of menthol and non-menthol cigarettes. Thirty-eight percent of retailers displayed at least one menthol advertisement on the store exterior and 69% advertised price promotions. Retail advertising was more common in neighborhoods in the second (OR = 1.5 [1.1, 2.0]) and fourth (OR = 1.9 [1.3, 2.7]) quartiles of Black residents as compared to the lowest quartile. Menthol advertising was more prevalent in the third (OR = 1.4 [1.0, 1.9]) and lowest (OR = 1.6 [1.2, 2.2]) income quartiles as compared to the highest quartile. Price promotions for Newport were more common in neighborhoods with the highest quartile of Black residents (OR = 1.8 [1.2, 2.7]). Prices of Newport were cheaper in neighborhoods with the highest quartiles of youth, Black residents, and lower-income households. Policies that restrict the sales and marketing of menthol cigarettes are needed to address disparities.
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