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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2019 Jan;5(1):76–86.

APPENDIX A:

Policies and number of localities reporting adoption.

Policy Localities*

Place: policies that regulate where tobacco products are sold

Cap the number of retailer licenses available in an area 6
Establish and increase retailer licensing fees 25
Establish retailer licensing for ENDS 17
Establish zoning laws to restrict where tobacco retailers can be located 3
Restrict retailer-to-retailer proximity 4
Restrict sales around youth locales 10
Restrict the types of retailers allowed to sell ENDS 8
Restrict the types of retailers allowed to sell tobacco products 5

Price: policies that increase prices of tobacco products

Establish minimum pack sizes for OTPs 4
Establish minimum price laws 1
Establish mitigation fee 0
Establish sunshine laws 0
Establish taxes on ENDS 0
Restrict coupon distribution 4
Restrict coupon redemption 3
Restrict discounts 2

Product Availability: policies that regulate which products are available and to whom

Establish or raise the minimum legal sales age for ENDS 11
Raise the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products 6
Restrict the sales of flavored products 5
Restrict times for sales 0

Promotion: policies that focus on placement and size of advertising and product displays

Establish content-neutral advertising limits 10
Limit the number of products displayed 0
Limit the times products can be displayed 0
Mandate graphic warnings at the point of sale 0
Mandate posting of quit line information at point of sale 0
Prohibit displays of products 0
Prohibit self-service access to ENDS 14
Prohibit self-service access to OTPs 16
Restrict advertising by location 5
Restrict indoor advertising sizes or placement 2
Restrict manner of advertising 0
Restrict outdoor advertising 0
Restrict times advertising can be displayed 0
*

County tobacco control programs out of 80 responding that reported policy adoption (county or city)