1. Demographics, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control Measures of California Cities With Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions.
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Dove, Melanie S., Zheng, Shichen, Pakdaman, Sheila, and Chen-Sankey, Julia
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COMMERCIAL law , *GOVERNMENT policy -- Law & legislation , *TOBACCO , *GOVERNMENT policy , *T-test (Statistics) , *RESEARCH funding , *FLAVORING essences , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *LEGAL status of sales personnel , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *SURVEYS , *ODDS ratio , *METROPOLITAN areas , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *TOBACCO products , *COMPARATIVE studies , *DATA analysis software , *CONFIDENCE intervals - Abstract
In 2020, California passed a flavored tobacco sales restriction (FTSR), but the tobacco companies filed a referendum, and the ban will not be implemented unless approved by voters in November 2022. This study examined the percentage of the California population covered by a city FTSR and identified groups more likely to be covered. Mean demographics as well as tobacco use and control measures were compared for California cities with (n = 93) and without (n = 389) a FTSR, and t tests were used to examine the differences. We calculated adjusted odds ratios using logistic regression models. City FTSR policies covered 20.7% of the California population. Adjusted predictors of having a FTSR included the American Lung Association tobacco control score (odds ratio [OR] = 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.17, 1.38]), voting democratic (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: [1.02, 1.10]). and having a lower adult smoking prevalence (OR = 0.84, 95% CI: [0.72, 0.99]). A state-level policy would cover all populations in California. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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