Retailers’ views of tobacco policy and law enforcement

Reinert, Bonita; Carver, Vivien; Range, Lillian M.; Pike, Chris

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“…Vendors with a longer duration of business expected a reduction in sales if they were made to follow different tobacco control laws. Similar findings were reported among retailers in a study in USA 55 . This indicates that a longer sales practice led to more concerns about business infringements with more regulation.…”

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Awareness, perceptions of and compliance with tobacco control policies among naswar vendors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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IntroductionRegulatory compliance in the retail environment is integral to the success of tobacco control. We assessed compliance among naswar (smokeless tobacco product widely used in South Asia) vendors with tobacco control laws. We also assessed their awareness of tobacco-related harms and policies and perceived effect of policies on their sales.MethodsWe surveyed 286 naswar vendors in three districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. We recruited general and specialty vendors from urban and rural areas through multistage cluster sampling. Compliance was measured for promotion, sale to/by minors and tax paid on naswar. We used logistic regression analyses for assessing the association between the outcome variables (awareness of tobacco harms and laws, perceptions about the effect of policies on business and compliance with laws) and their predictors.ResultsMost vendors (70%) were aware of tobacco-related harms of naswar. Although educated vendors were more aware of tobacco control policies, the greatest awareness was for a ban on sales to/by minors (21% overall). The majority of vendors (76%) violated this policy (measured by self-report), and violations were more common among rural than urban vendors (OR 2.27, 95% CI 1.05 to 4.96). Most vendors (71%) violated a ban on promotion of naswar. Vendors perceived tax increases and sales ban to/by minors as most detrimental for business.ConclusionsThere was poor awareness and compliance among naswar vendors in Pakistan with tobacco control laws. This study finds potential areas for policy interventions that can reduce urban/rural disparities in implementation of and compliance with tobacco control laws.

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Awareness, perceptions of and compliance with tobacco control policies among naswar vendors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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“…At the same time, data suggest that tobacco control resources, such as state and FDA programmes (Blackman et al, 2019), remain underutilised and could potentially be modified to be more attractive to retailers, perhaps drawing concepts from 'We Card' and 'This is Our Watch'. If interventions cannot be provided to all retailers and the public at once (Reinert et al, 2009), managers and owners of retail stores perceive that younger clerks and older youth close to minimum legal age should be prioritised. Findings from this survey are also consistent with prior work suggesting that one possible means of improving participation in training programmes is to offer attractive and less time-consuming online education and training programmes that incorporate email communications and a certification procedure to ensure that online delivery of knowledge and skills is successful (Vyas et al, 2021).…”

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Retailers’ perspectives on the prevention of underage tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system sales

Jayawardene

Parker

Blume

et al. 2023

Health Education Journal

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Background: Tobacco retailers have an important role to play in reducing access to tobacco among youth, but in the USA, their role has become more complicated because of recent developments in policies and industry, such as the Indiana Tobacco-21 law and the rising popularity of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products. This study aimed to explore Indiana retailers’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to the prevention of underage sales of tobacco and ENDS products and identify retailers’ needs for further education and training. Methods: The study involved a secondary analysis of anonymous cross-sectional data from the 2020 Indiana Tobacco Compliance Survey conducted by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA). Managers and owners of retail stores who sold tobacco or ENDS products (i.e., large corporate-owned stores and smaller venues such as tobacco shops, vapour shops, and convenience stores) were eligible for inclusion. Records of retailers’ tobacco certificates were utilised for random sampling. Subgroup comparisons were conducted using chi-square tests. Results: The survey sample ( n = 102) included participants from all 10 DMHA planning regions in Indiana and all types of tobacco retail stores. Many retailers did not know about or understand the negative impacts of ENDS products on young people or existing regulations to minimise these impacts and the Indiana State Tobacco-21 law. Retailers in larger stores had a greater objective knowledge and reported more frequent prevention programme utilisation than smaller stores (e.g., by means of ‘We Card’). Conclusions: Underage tobacco sale prevention procedures varied significantly, but resources such as ‘We Card’ and ‘This is Our Watch’ were more popular than alternatives. Retailers reported a need for more convenient education and training options on how to check photo identification and refuse sales to minors.

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Preventing lottery ticket sales to minors: factors influencing retailers' compliance behaviour

St-Pierre

Derevensky

Gupta

et al. 2011

International Gambling Studies

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Retailers’ views of tobacco policy and law enforcement

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Awareness, perceptions of and compliance with tobacco control policies among naswar vendors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Awareness, perceptions of and compliance with tobacco control policies among naswar vendors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Retailers’ perspectives on the prevention of underage tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system sales

Preventing lottery ticket sales to minors: factors influencing retailers' compliance behaviour

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