ArticleTobacco control2020
Exposure to tobacco marketing in bars predicts subsequent use of multiple tobacco products among non-tobacco-using college students.
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- Bridging the gap between policy and practice: a mixed-methods study of tobacco control implementation challenges and community responses in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-level, Place-Based Tobacco Prevention and Control Program at a Minority-Serving Institution in Texas.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Prevalence of smoking and its associated factors among students of the University of Dongola, Northern State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Heated tobacco products and cigarette marketing in nightclubs in Gdansk, Poland: A mixed-methods analysis.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2024Article
- Nativity Status and Poly Tobacco Use among Young Adults in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDue to other marketing restrictions, one venue where tobacco companies concentrate their marketing efforts to reach young adults is bars/nightclubs.
objectiveThis study examined the relationship between exposure to tobacco marketing in bars/nightclubs and number of alternative tobacco/nicotine products used 6 months later among college students.
methodsParticipants were 1,406 students aged 18-29 years old who reported going to bars or nightclubs at least rarely (M age=21.95; 67% female; 46% non-Hispanic white). Students completed an online survey in fall 2014/spring 2015 (wave 1) and again 6 months later (wave 2). Multilevel Poisson regression models were used to assess the relationship between exposure to three types of marketing at bars/nightclubs at wave 1 (tobacco/nicotine product advertisements; free samples; industry representatives) and number of tobacco products used (range=0-5) at wave 2, controlling for school type (2 year vs 4 year), age, sex, race/ethnicity and frequency of bar visits. An interaction between the number of wave 1 products and each marketing variable was tested.
resultsGreater exposure to free samples and tobacco industry representatives at bars/nightclubs predicted a greater number of products used 6 months later, but only among wave 1 non-tobacco users and not among tobacco users. Exposure to advertisements at bars/nightclubs did not predict the number of products used 6 months later.
conclusionTobacco companies claim that marketing is targeted to those who already use the product, not to non-users. However, the current study indicates tobacco marketing in bars and nightclubs may encourage use among non-users and has no influence on current users.
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