Geospatial Exposure to Point-of-Sale Tobacco

Kirchner, Thomas; Cantrell, Jennifer; Anesetti-Rothermel, Andrew; Ganz, Ollie; Vallone, Donna; Abrams, David B.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2013.05.016

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“…The current outlet environment may be a critical component in promoting young adult tobacco product initiation. The pervasive availability of a multiplying array of tobacco products in local retail outlets globally, coupled with a growing body of evidence on the impact of outlets on smoking behavior, [10][11][12][13][14][16][17][18] suggests that the current outlet environment may be a contributing factor in promoting adult tobacco product experimentation and initiation. Licensing and zoning policies to restrict tobacco outlet density may be instrumental in reducing tobacco use initiation.…”

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“…8 Recent years have seen a growing interest in reducing tobacco availability via retail outlets, 9 along with growing evidence that the distribution of outlets may impact tobacco use behavior. Studies have found that outlet density is associated with increased cigarette smoking among youth, [10][11][12][13][14] while outlet proximity [15][16][17][18] is associated with reduced smoking cessation among adults. However, evidence examining the impact of outlets on cigarette smoking or use of other tobacco products among young adults is scarce.…”

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Tobacco Retail Outlet Density and Young Adult Tobacco Initiation

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et al. 2015

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Background: A growing body of evidence indicates that the density of tobacco retail outlets around the home residence may influence tobacco use among youth and adults. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of neighborhood tobacco retail outlet density on young adult initiation of different tobacco product types. Methods: Cross-sectional data from a 2013 nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18-34 was examined in relation to a 2012 geocoded listing of all outlets likely to sell tobacco in the United States. Separate multivariable logistic regression analyses examined associations between neighborhood outlet density and past 6 months first use of cigarettes, non-cigarette combustible products, and noncombustible products among adults aged 18-24 and 25-34. Results: Outlet density was significantly associated with recent initiation of cigarettes and other combustibles, but this impact varied for younger and older groups. Increased density was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of initiating cigarette use among adults aged 25-34 (OR = 3.75, 95% CI = 1.18, 11.90), and of initiating non-cigarette combustible use among 18-24 year olds (OR = 3.16, 95% CI = 1.03, 9.74). There was no impact of outlet density on recent noncombustible product initiation among either group. Conclusion: This study is the first to examine the impact of tobacco outlet density on young adult initiation of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Findings demonstrate that residential neighborhood outlet density is associated with recent initiation of combustible products and this effect varies by product type and age. The tobacco outlet environment may be a critical factor in promoting young adult tobacco use initiation.

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Tobacco Retail Outlet Density and Young Adult Tobacco Initiation

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“…Having sensitive and reliable approaches that encourage accurate self-reporting about tobacco use is critical to appropriately evaluating interventions. Ecological Momentary Assessment devices can be programmed to more precisely and efficiently capture poly-product use patterns in near real time as well as simultaneously evaluate the social and contextual factors driving use (Kirchner et al 2013;Setodji et al 2013;Thrul et al 2014).…”

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Preventing Smoking Progression in Young Adults: the Concept of Prevescalation

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As adolescents cross the threshold to young adulthood, they encounter more opportunities to engage in or accelerate previously discouraged or prohibited behaviors. Young adults, therefore, are more apt to initiate cigarette smoking and, more importantly, to accelerate their use if they tried and experimented as an adolescent. Preventing the escalation and entrenchment of smoking in the young adult years is critically important to reducing tobacco's long-term health toll. However, traditional interventions for youth have focused on preventing smoking initiation, and interventions for adults have focused on smoking cessation; both have failed to address the needs of young adults. We introduce the concept of Bprevescalation^to capture the need and opportunity to prevent the escalation of risk behaviors that typically occur during young adulthood, with a focus on the example of cigarette smoking. Prevescalation negates the notion that prevention has failed if tobacco experimentation occurs during adolescence and focuses on understanding and interrupting transitions between experimentation with tobacco products and established tobacco use that largely occur during young adulthood. However, since risk behaviors often co-occur in young people, the core concept of prevescalation may apply to other behaviors that co-occur and become harder to change in later adulthood. We present a new framework for conceptualizing, developing, and evaluating interventions that better fit the unique behavioral, psychosocial, and socio-environmental characteristics of the young adult years. We discuss the need to target this transitional phase, what we know about behavioral pathways and predictors of cigarette smoking, potential intervention considerations, and research challenges.

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“…There is great potential of mHealth technology, yet it is imperative that we first address these ethical considerations to ensure that we capitalise on the possible benefits of these technologies while minimising the potential risks to the users. BinDhim et al, 2014;Borland et al, 2013;Bricker et al, 2014;Buller et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Hertzberg et al, 2013;Kirchner et al, 2013;Meredith et al, 2014;V. Patel, Nowostawski, Thomson, Wilson, & Medlin, 2013;Ploderer et al, 2014;Reitzel et al, 2014; Whittaker, 2011) Alcohol 12 (34.3%) (Bendtsen & Bendtsen, 2014;Dulin et al, 2014;Gajecki et al, 2014;Gamito et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Kauer, Reid, Sanci, & Patton, 2009;Matsumura, Yamakoshi, & Ida, 2009;McTavish et al, 2012;Renner, 2012;Yu et al, 2012) Heroin 2 (5.7%) Epstein et al, 2009) Cocaine 1 (2.9%) (Freedman, Lester, McNamara, Milby, & Schumacher, 2006) General 3 (8.6%) (Campling, 2011;Ingersoll et al, 2014; Bendtsen & Bendtsen, 2014;BinDhim et al, 2014;Borland et al, 2013;Bricker et al, 2014;Buller et al, 2014;Dulin et al, 2014;Hasin et al, 2014;Haug et al, 2014;Ingersoll et al, 2014;Ploderer et al, 2014;…”

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“…Twenty apps provided users with an element of control over the utility of the app. For example, a number of apps sought to maintain user privacy by providing the participant with the ability to turn off alerts at certain times (Keoleian, Stalcup, Polcin, Brown, & Galloway, 2013;Kirchner et al, 2013;McTavish et al, 2012;. One application allowed the user to switch off location services when desired , potentially A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 8 reducing the amount of unnecessary data collected and the possibility of a third-party identifying the user through data profiling (Gasson et al, 2011).…”

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Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

Capon

Hall

Fry

et al. 2016

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Background: Smartphone technologies and mHealth applications (or apps) promise unprecedented scope for data collection, treatment intervention, and relapse prevention when used in the field of substance abuse and addiction. This potential also raises new ethical challenges that researchers, clinicians, and software developers must address. Aims: This paper aims to identify ethical issues in the current uses of smartphones in addiction research and treatment. Methods: A search of three databases (PubMed, Web of Science and PsycInfo) identified 33 studies involving smartphones or mHealth applications for use in the research and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. A content analysis was conducted to identify how smartphones are being used in these fields and to highlight the ethical issues raised by these studies. Results: Smartphones are being used to collect large amounts of sensitive information, including personal information, geo-location, physiological activity, self-reports of mood and cravings, and the consumption of illicit drugs, alcohol and nicotine. Given that detailed information is being collected about potentially illegal behaviour, we identified the following ethical considerations: protecting user privacy, maximising equity in access, ensuring informed consent, providing participants with adequate clinical resources, communicating clinically relevant results to individuals, and the urgent need to demonstrate evidence of safety and efficacy of the technologies. Conclusions: mHealth technology offers the possibility to collect large amounts of valuable personal information that may enhance research and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. To realise this potential researchers, clinicians and app-developers must address these ethical concerns to maximise the benefits and minimise risks of harm to users.

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Geospatial Exposure to Point-of-Sale Tobacco

Cited by 112 publications

References 38 publications

Tobacco Retail Outlet Density and Young Adult Tobacco Initiation

Tobacco Retail Outlet Density and Young Adult Tobacco Initiation

Preventing Smoking Progression in Young Adults: the Concept of Prevescalation

Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

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