Table 4

Availability of in-store price discounts for cigarettes (yes/no) as a function of store type, California, 2019

n* %*Unadjusted modelsAdjusted models
OR95% CIaOR95% CI
Level 1 (retailer characteristics; n=7678)
Intercept0.370.26 to 0.69
Store type
 Dollar store5531.4RefRefRefRef
 Convenience store148744.62.051.43 to 2.942.031.41 to 2.92
 Small market19018.90.570.39 to 0.840.570.38 to 0.84
 Liquor store32334.51.210.83 to 1.781.210.82 to 1.78
 Supermarket/large grocery store/supercentre22932.91.050.71 to 1.551.020.68 to 1.51
 Gas station booth24036.21.40.94 to 2.081.390.93 to 2.07
 Tobacco shop15942.31.651.08 to 2.511.631.07 to 2.49
 Drug store/pharmacy15042.91.621.06 to 2.471.591.04 to 2.43
 Other32.10.060.02 to 0.190.060.02 to 0.19
Level 2 (census tract characteristics; n=2317)
Race/ethnicity
 % NH African American1.010.93 to 1.111.020.93 to 1.11
 % Hispanic (any race)0.920.85 to 1.010.840.74 to 0.95
 % NH Asian/Pacific Islander1.050.96 to 1.151.040.95 to 1.15
 % NH multiple races/AIAN/other10.93 to 1.080.980.91 to 1.05
Age
 % school-age youth (ages 5–17)1.040.97 to 1.121.121.02 to 1.23
 % young adults (ages 18–24)1.060.99 to 1.131.070.99 to 1.15
Median household income1.040.96 to 1.130.990.89 to 1.1
Urban–rural classification (RUCA code)
 UrbanRefRefRefRef
 Large rural1.591.15 to 2.21.691.19 to 2.42
 Small rural0.80.6 to 1.060.840.61 to 1.16
  • Intercepts not presented for bivariate models; level 2 estimates denote change in odds of in-store price discount availability for each one SD increase in the census tract characteristic.

  • *n, % of stores with an in-store price discount for cigarettes.

  • AIAN, American Indian and Alaska Native; aOR, adjusted OR; NH, non-Hispanic; RUCA, Rural–Urban Commuting Area.