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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2017 Apr 6;105:381–388. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.04.010

Table 3.

Store and neighborhood predictors of tobacco product marketing materials, price promotions, and flavored cigars at tobacco outlets in the contiguous US (N = 2,163), 2012

Total marketing materials Any price promotion Flavored cigar availability Smokeless Availability
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8

β (95% CI) β (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Intercept 19.7 (10.6,28.9) 28.7 (20.2, 37.2) 1.8 (1.2,2.9) 4.4 (2.4,7.9) 5.5 (3.1,9.6) 15.7 (7.7,32.4) 2.9 (1.9,4.4) 8.8 (5.4,14.1)
Level 1 (n=2163 stores)
 Store type
  Gas Station with or without convenience store (ref) Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Supermarket & other grocery −22.3 (−29.6, −15.0) 0.1 (0.1,0.2) 0.1 (0.09,0.2) 0.2 (0.1,0.2)
  Convenience store (without gas) −9.1 (−14.4, −3.8) 0.4 (0.3,0.6) 0.6 (0.3,0.9) 0.3 (0.2,0.4)
  Pharmacy and drug stores −24.2 (−27.7, −20.7) 1.0 (0.7,1.6) 0.8 (0.5,1.3) 0.4 (0.3,0.6)
  Beer, wine, and liquor stores −24.3 (−29.5, −19.2) 0.1 (0.1,0.2) 0.1 (0.1,0.1) 0.1 (0.1,0.1)
  Tobacco store 61.8 (27.8, 95.7) 0.4 (0.2,0.9) 3.5 (0.6,21.5) 0.5 (0.3,1.0)
   Warehouse clubs, supercenters and Walmart −22.0 (−27.5, −16.6) 0.1 (0.1,0.3) 0.3 (0.1,0.6) 0.8 (0.3,2.5)
  Other establishment type −40.4 (−50.5, −30.3) 0.03 (0.0,0.1) 0.02 (0.0,0.1) 0.03 (0.01,0.1)
 Neighborhood (tract) characteristics
  Hispanic, %
   Q1: < 2.02% (ref) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
   Q2: 2.02–5.98% 1.0 (−6.9, 9.0) −0.3 (−7.1, 6.6) 0.9 (0.6,1.2) 1.1 (0.7,1.7) 0.7 (0.4,1.0) 0.8 (0.5,1.3) 0.6 (0.4,0.9) 0.7 (0.5,1.1)
   Q3: 5.98–16.8% −3.8 (−9.6, 2.1) −4.0 (−9.5, 1.5) 1.1 (0.7,1.6) 1.2 (0.7,2.0) 0.8 (0.5,1.3) 0.8 (0.5,1.4) 0.8 (0.6,1.2) 0.8 (0.5,1.2)
   Q4: > 16.8% −3.0 (−10.8,4.8) −3.4 (−10.5, 3.7) 0.8 (0.5,1.3) 1.0 (0.6,1.6) 0.7 (0.4,1.1) 0.8 (0.3,1.3) 0.4 (0.3,0.7) 0.5 (0.3,0.8)
  non-Hispanic Black, %
   Q1: < 1.01% (ref) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
   Q2: 1.01–4.96% 2.9 (−0.4, 6.2) 3.0 (−1.4, 7.3) 1.7 (1.2,2.4) 1.8 (1.2,2.6) 1.5 (1.1,2.2) 1.6 (1.0,2.4) 1.2 (0.8,1.8) 1.2 (0.8,1.9)
   Q3: 4.96–15.8% 7.7 (−0.1,15.5) 8.6 (2.5, 14.8) 1.7 (1.1,2.4) 1.6 (1.0,2.3) 1.4 (1.0,2.1) 1.3 (0.8,2.2) 1.2 (0.8,1.6) 1.1 (0.8,1.6)
   Q4: > 15.8% 1.3 (−4.1, 6.8) 5.2 (−2.4, 12.8) 1.8 (1.2,2.7) 2.1 (1.3,3.4) 2.0 (1.2,3.5) 2.6 (1.3,5.1) 0.7 (0.5,1.0) 0.7 (0.5,1.0)
  Median household income, $10,000 −0.2 (−1.6, 1.1) 0.6 (−0.8, 2.1) 1.0 (1.0,1.1) 1.0 (1.0,1.1) 0.9 (0.9,1.0) 0.9 (0.9,1.0) 1.0 (1.0,1.1) 1.0 (1.0,1.1)
  Population under age 18, % 0.2 (−0.2, 0.6) −0.2 (−0.5, 0.1) 1.0 (1.01,1.04) 1.0 (1.01,1.05) 1.0 (1.0,1.0) 1.0 (1.0,1.1) 1.0 (1.0,1.01) 1.0 (1.0,1.01)
Level 2 (n=97 counties)
 Region
  West (ref) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Northeast 11.8 (−4.1,27.7) 8.6 (−5.0, 22.3) 1.8 (1.0,3.3) 2.2 (1.1,4.4) 0.5 (0.3,0.9) 0.5 (0.3,0.9) 0.5 (0.3,0.9)
  Midwest 10.1 (1.0, 19.2) 7.9 (−0.1, 15.8) 2.2 (1.2,3.9) 2.2 (1.1,4.1) 0.7 (0.4,1.3) 0.6 (0.3,1.2) 1.0 (0.5,2.2)
  South 15.9 (6.1,25.7) 11.7 (2.5, 20.9) 1.5 (0.9,2.4) 1.2 (0.7,2.1) 1.7 (1.0,2.9) 1.4 (0.7,2.7) 1.0 (0.5,2.0)

Bold indicates significance at p<0.05
AIC 20626 19768 6218 5960 5870 5600 6148 5894
χ 2 872 272 284 254
P value (for model comparison) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01