ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions Reduce Tobacco Product Availability and Retailer Advertising.
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- A systematic review investigating policy design and implementation of US state and local policy to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Pooled it
- The Public Health Impacts of Flavored Cigar Bans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Menthol Cigarette Bans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review for the impacts of global approaches to regulating electronic nicotine products.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
- A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of State Flavored E-Cigarette Policy Implementation and E-Cigarette Use.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Population coverage and comprehensiveness of flavoured tobacco sales restrictions in the USA, 2010-2023.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- A Study on Adolescent Smoking Prevention and Cessation Policies: Based on the Propensity Score Matching-Difference-in-Differences Method.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cross-State Border Nicotine Vaping Products Purchase-Early Evidence From State Emergency Sales Restrictions in 2019.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Evaluating trends in recruitment challenges in vape shop research, e-cigarette product characteristics and use among shop customers from 2019 to 2023: A mixed-methods study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Impacts of Tax and Flavor Tobacco Policies on San Francisco Bay Area Tobacco Prices.Evaluation review · 2023Article
- Changes in perceived harms of tobacco and cannabis and their correlations with use: A panel study of young adults 2014-2020.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Changes in the Point-of-Sale Among Vape Shops in Six U.S. Metropolitan Areas Over Time, 2018-2021.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Use of a multi-method approach to rapidly assess the impact of public health policies at the state and local level: a case study of flavored e-cigarette policies.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Early evidence of flavored tobacco product restrictions in Massachusetts and New York State.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Policies restricting flavors and non-cigarette tobacco product availability: A study of vape shops in San Francisco and Alameda Counties, California, USA.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- The actual and anticipated effects of restrictions on flavoured electronic nicotine delivery systems: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined differences in the availability and advertising of flavored tobacco products before and after flavored tobacco sales restrictions were enacted in Alameda and San Francisco Counties in California.
main outcome measuresData were collected from a sample of tobacco retailers in Alameda and San Francisco Counties at two time points: 2015, before flavored tobacco policies were enacted, and in 2019-2020, after some cities had enacted policies. Retailers were separated by city into Category 1 (
resultsThere was significantly reduced availability of menthol cigarettes, flavored little cigars, smokeless tobacco, vape pens, and Blu brand menthol e-cigarettes between 2015 and 2020 in Category 1 retailers. Category 2 retailers had reduced availability only for Blu menthol e-cigarettes and demonstrated an increase in smokeless tobacco availability. Exterior store advertising for cigarettes, little cigars, cigars, and e-cigarettes also decreased significantly in Category 1 cities relative to Category 2 cities; 8.1% of Category 1 stores were advertising flavored tobacco products in 2019-2020 compared to 36.2% of Category 2 stores. There was also a 78% reduction in flavored ads between 2015-2019 in Category 1 cities compared to a 38% decrease in Category 2 cities. Tobacco advertising inside Category 2 stores increased. Finally, Category 2 cities had significantly greater availability of cigalikes, mod or tank vapes, flavored e-cigarettes, and e-liquids compared to Category 1 cities.
conclusionsComprehensive flavored sales restriction policies reduce flavored tobacco availability and tobacco advertising, which may help prevent youth tobacco initiation and exposure.
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