The Association of Exposure to Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing with Quit Attempt and Quit Success: Results from a Prospective Study of Smokers in the United States

Mohammad Siahpush, Raees A. Shaikh, Danielle Smith, Andrew Hyland, K. Michael Cummings, Asia Sikora Kessler, Michael D. Dodd, Les Carlson, Jane Meza and Melanie Wakefield
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Mohammad Siahpush: College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Raees A. Shaikh: College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Danielle Smith: Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets|Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Andrew Hyland: Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets|Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
K. Michael Cummings: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, MSC 861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Asia Sikora Kessler: College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Michael D. Dodd: Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 312 N 14th Street, Alexander West, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Les Carlson: College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 312 N 14th Street, Alexander West, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Jane Meza: College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Melanie Wakefield: The Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3094, Australia

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: The aim was to assess the association of exposure to point-of-sale (POS) tobacco marketing with quit attempt and quit success in a prospective study of smokers in the United States. Data were collected via telephone-interview on exposure to POS tobacco marketing, sociodemographic and smoking-related variables from 999 smokers in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. Exposure to POS tobacco marketing was measured by asking respondents three questions about noticing pack displays, advertisements, and promotions in their respective neighborhoods stores. These three variables were combined into a scale of exposure to POS tobacco marketing. About 68% of the respondents participated in a six-month follow-up phone interview and provided data on quit attempts and smoking cessation. At the six-month follow-up, 39.9% of respondents reported to have made a quit attempt, and 21.8% of those who made a quit attempt succeeded in quitting. Exposure to POS marketing at baseline was not associated with the probability of having made a quit attempt as reported at the six-month follow-up ( p = 0.129). However, higher exposure to POS marketing was associated with a lower probability of quit success among smokers who reported to have attempted to quit smoking at six-month follow-up (p = 0.006). Exposure to POS tobacco marketing is associated with lower chances of successfully quitting smoking. Policies that reduce the amount of exposure to POS marketing might result in higher smoking cessation rates.

Keywords: point-of-sale tobacco marketing; quit attempt; smoking cessation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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