South Australia's tobacco retail landscape and its intersection with socioeconomic factors and smoking prevalence

CONCLUSIONS: Findings are consistent with existing research indicating greater tobacco availability in socially disadvantaged areas. This supports that tobacco vendor saturation may be directed to areas in a way that promotes tobacco availability for vulnerable populations. Our finding that smoking prevalence was unrelated to tobacco availability contrasts existing literature and should be carefully interpreted. SO WHAT?: This is the first study to map tobacco retailers across South Australia, contributing needed evidence on the intersection of tobacco vendor density, social disadvantage, and smoking prevalence.PMID:37604184 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.797
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research