The density of tobacco retailers and its association with attitudes toward smoking, exposure to point-of-sale tobacco advertising, cigarette purchasing, and smoking among New York youth

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-474

  Loomis, Brett R ^a   Kim, Annice E ^a   Busey, Andrew H ^a   Farrelly, Matthew C ^a   Willett, Jeffrey G ^b,c   Juster, Harlan R ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Kansas Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Environment; Outlet density; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LAW; LICENSED TOBACCO RETAILER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT OF SALE TOBACCO ADVERTISING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING;

EID: 84868301476     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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