TABLE 1—
News Items (n = 429) on Retailers Voluntarily Ending Tobacco Sales: United States, 1995–2011
| Variable | No. (%) |
| News source | |
| Local newspaper | 356 (83.0) |
| National newspaper | 11 (2.6) |
| Trade magazine | 21 (4.9) |
| General audience magazine | 1 (0.23) |
| News wire | 30 (7.0) |
| Television news broadcast | 1 (0.23) |
| National Public Radio broadcast | 1 (0.23) |
| Web site | 8 (1.9) |
| Geographic region | |
| West | 66 (15.4) |
| Midwest | 63 (14.7) |
| South | 61 (14.2) |
| Northeast | 166 (38.7) |
| National | 73 (17.0) |
| Story type | |
| News or feature | 264 (61.5) |
| Blurba | 53 (12.4) |
| Editorial or op-ed | 27 (6.3) |
| Letter to the editor | 85 (19.8) |
| Prominence (newspapers only; n = 367) | |
| Front page | 32 (8.7) |
| First page of section | 49 (13.3) |
| Photo | 50 (13.6) |
| Retailer type | |
| Target | 116 (27.0) |
| Wegmans | 153 (35.7) |
| Other supermarkets/grocery stores | 80 (18.6) |
| Pharmacies | 59 (13.8) |
| Other discount stores | 5 (1.1) |
| Other retailer typeb | 9 (2.1) |
| None provided | 7 (1.4) |
a
Brief announcement, often included in summaries of current events.
b
Bookstores, liquor stores, coffee shops, newsstands, etc.