Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brooks, Madeline M.
• Siegel, Scott D.
• Curriero, Frank C.

Titel

Characterizing the spatial relationship between smoking status and tobacco retail exposure: Implications for policy development and evaluation

Ist Teil von

• Health & place, 2021-03, Vol.68, p.102530-102530, Article 102530

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Tobacco retail density and smoking prevalence remain elevated in marginalized communities, underscoring the need for strategies to address these place-based disparities. The spatial variation of smokers and tobacco retailers is often measured by aggregating them to area-level units (e.g., census tracts), but spatial statistical methods that use point-level data, such as spatial intensity and K-functions, can better describe their geographic patterns. We applied these methods to a case study in New Castle County, DE to characterize the cross-sectional spatial relationship between tobacco retailers and smokers, finding that current smokers experience greater tobacco retail exposure and clustering relative to former smokers. We discuss how analysis at different geographic scales can provide complementary insights for tobacco control policy. •Smokers and tobacco retailers exhibit spatial patterns that require analysis.•Point-level and aggregated spatial data can reveal place-based smoking disparities.•Analysis at different geographic scales supports equitable tobacco control policy.