Tob Control 2001;10:184-188 ( Summer )

Cigarette advertising and promotional strategies in retail outlets: results of a statewide survey in California

Ellen C Feighery^a, Kurt M Ribisl^b, Nina Schleicher^a, Rebecca E Lee^a, Sonia Halvorson^a

^a Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Palo Alto, California, USA, ^b Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Correspondence to: Ellen Feighery, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1000 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1885, USA feighery{at}scrdp.stanford.edu

Received 27 April 2000; Revision received 9 September 2000; Accepted 16 January 2001

OBJECTIVETo examine the extent and types of cigarette advertising materials in stores and to assess tobacco company compliance with the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).
DESIGNA cross-sectional analysis of a random sample of 586 stores that sold cigarettes.
SETTING US state of California.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURESTrained data collectors classified cigarette advertising materials by type (signs, displays, functional items), location (interior or exterior), and placement (below 3 feet (1 m) or near candy).
RESULTSCalifornia retail outlets featured 17.2 (SD 16.1) tobacco advertising materials on average, and 94% of stores featured at least some advertising. About 85% of these were within 4 feet (1.3 m) of the counter. About 50% of the stores had ads at or below 3 feet, and 23% had cigarette product displays next to candy. In violation of the MSA, 3% of stores featured signs with cartoons and 11% had large exterior signs.
CONCLUSIONSTobacco companies are aggressively using stores to market cigarettes. Moreover, the spirit of the MSAto protect children from cigarette advertisinghas not been realised. Future studies should monitor industry use of this venue and assess the impact of exposure to cigarette advertising materials in stores on adult smokers and youth.


Keywords: advertising; point-of-sale advertising; tobacco industry

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