Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. Below you will find the latest posts, updated regularly throughout the month.
(Last updated: May 22, 2020)
Place-Based Tobacco Control News and Research
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- A study in Austin, Texas, finds that vape shops are more likely to be located in census tracts with a higher proportion of families living below the federal poverty level.
- Evidence supports a positive association between tobacco retail outlet density and smoking behaviors among youth, particularly for the density near youths’ homes.
- Between 2011 and 2017, most states observed no change in income-based disparities in smoking prevalence, with New York as the only state seeing a larger decrease among low-income populations.
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General Tobacco Control News and Research
- Researchers find that compared to adults, adolescents with EVALI show different clinical characteristics, including more frequently having a history of asthma and mental, emotional or behavioral disorders.
- A study on perceived message effectiveness for The Real Cost e-cigarette ads among young adults finds that effects perceptions should be utilized during message pretesting.
- A study on education for adolescent smoking prevention found that coproduction of antismoking videos was a beneficial health education method.
- Researchers examining the long-term safety of e-cigarettes found that after six years, there was no evidence of harm reduction among e-cig or dual users.
- A study on the long-term impact of a menthol ban and smoking behavior finds higher rates of quitting one year after the implementation of a menthol ban.
- Researchers suggest multi-year anti-tobacco media campaigns yield net savings of more than $15 billion within 10 years by helping reduce adult smoking prevalence by 1.2 percentage points and preventing 23 of 500 smoking-related deaths.
- Researchers examining initial tobacco product use in adolescents find that less than one percent of U.S. adolescents who use e-cigarettes are established cigarette smokers.
- Smoking inequality among U.S. adults is growing even as smoking prevalence is declining overall; researchers suggest that slower decline in smoking prevalence among disadvantaged groups is contributing to growing inequalities.
- A study on smoking cessation finds that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can be effective at helping smokers with lower income and education, as well those who live in rural areas, quit smoking.
