Fig. 1.

(a) Bivariate Choropleth map: Corporate-initiated changes in tobacco retail density occurring between 2012 and 2014 in urban, small-metro, and rural counties of the Southeastern United States. Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for counties from the National Center for Health Statistics, six levels categorized as follows: 1–2 as urban, 3–4 as small-metro, and 4–6 as rural. Purple indicates higher level of burden in both density change and rurality. b) County level change in retailer density caused by corporate tobacco sales decisions. Seven urban counties had no Family Dollar or Dollar General stores whereas 361 rural counties had no CVS stores.