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ArticleTobacco control2021

Boosting the Tobacco Control Vaccine: recognizing the role of the retail environment in addressing tobacco use and disparities.

Amanda Y Kong, Brian A King

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Article in Tobacco control, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Tobacco retailer density and rurality across four US states: California, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Ohio.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025
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  14. Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions and Youth E-cigarette Behavior: Impact by Tobacco Retailer Density in Diverse Communities in California.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  15. Exploring the Influence of E-cigarette Ad Features on Perceived Product Appeal and Use Interest Among Young Adults of Varying Tobacco-Use Behaviors.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Amanda Y KongDepartment of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA akong2@live.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8361-7342
Brian A KingOffice on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Cancer Health Disparities Training ProgramT32CA128582 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ENG, EUGENIA, TATE, DEBORAH F. · 2009 to 2023
$3.4M
Associations of Tobacco Retailer Density with Neighborhood Sociodemographics, Individual Smoking Behaviors, & COPD Hospital Admission Rates: A Spatial Health ApproachF31CA239331 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KONG, AMANDA · 2020 to 2020
$29k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA239331NCI NIH HHS T32 CA128582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much of the progress in reducing cigarette smoking and tobacco-related morbidity and mortality among youth and adults is attributable to population-level strategies previously described in the context of the Tobacco Control Vaccine. The retail environment is used heavily by the tobacco industry to promote and advertise its products, and variations in exposure to and characteristics of the retail environment exist across demographic groups. It is therefore also an essential environment for further reducing smoking, as well as ameliorating racial, ethnic and socioeconomic tobacco-related disparities. This commentary provides an overview of the importance of incorporating strategies focused on the tobacco retailer environment (availability; pricing and promotion; advertising and display; age of sale; and retail licensure) as part of a comprehensive approach to tobacco prevention and control. To reach tobacco endgame targets, such innovative strategies are a complement to, but not a replacement for, long-standing evidence-based components of the Tobacco Control Vaccine.

Indexed as

Tobacco ProductsVaccinesAdolescentAdultCommerceHumansTobacco UseVaccinesdisparitiesend gameenvironmentpriority/special populationspublic policy

Identifiers

PMID32967986
PMCPMC9377406
OpenAlexW3088947730

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