Types of licensing-law strategies for tobacco retailer density reduction
| Type name | Strategy for restriction/reduction |
| Capping-based | Cap the number of retailers in an area, generally based on population size (eg, 0.7 retailers per thousand people in a county) |
| Declustering-based | Prohibit retailers from being in close proximity to one another (eg, within 500 ft of other retailers) |
| School-based | Prohibit retailers from being close to schools (eg, within 500 ft) |
| Pharmacy-based | Prohibit the sale of tobacco in pharmacies |