TABLE 1.
Tobacco Advertising by Tobacco Product Type, Store Type, and Poverty Level (2015–2018)
| Overall | Store Type | Poverty Indicator | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chain Convenience Store (n = 24) | Nonchain Convenience Store (n = 78) | Gas Kiosk (n = 12) | Other (n = 27) | P | Low | Middle | High | P | ||
| Presence of exterior advertisements, % of stores | ||||||||||
| Cigarettes | 54.8 | 79.2 | 59.3 | 52.1 | 21.3 | <.001 | 50.0 | 58.7 | 53.8 | .72 |
| Menthol | 45.6 | 67.7 | 50.0 | 41.7 | 14.8 | <.001 | 39.8 | 50.5 | 44.2 | .58 |
| Cigars | 18.1 | 28.1 | 20.5 | 16.7 | 2.8 | .01 | 14.8 | 22.8 | 16.1 | .41 |
| Flavored | 11.5 | 19.8 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 0.0 | .02 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 10.3 | .77 |
| E-cigarettes | 23.0 | 53.1 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 9.3 | .004 | 34.1 | 35.9 | 11.6 | <.001 |
| Flavored | 7.6 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | .05 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 1.7 | <.001 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 3.9 | 15.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 0.0 | <.001 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 1.0 | .01 |
| Flavored | 3.2 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | .001 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | .004 |
| Presence of interior advertisements, % of stores | ||||||||||
| Cigarettes | 67.7 | 91.7 | 67.9 | 12.5 | 70.4 | <.001 | 58.0 | 85.9 | 59.2 | .002 |
| Menthol | 58.0 | 88.5 | 57.1 | 6.3 | 56.5 | <.001 | 44.3 | 75.0 | 51.4 | .005 |
| Cigars | 22.9 | 57.3 | 20.8 | 0.0 | 8.3 | <.001 | 23.9 | 32.6 | 16.4 | .04 |
| Flavored | 13.7 | 35.4 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 3.7 | <.001 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 10.3 | .14 |
| E-cigarettes | 28.4 | 71.9 | 21.5 | 0.0 | 22.2 | <.001 | 29.5 | 44.0 | 18.2 | .001 |
| Flavored | 12.1 | 30.2 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 8.3 | <.001 | 13.6 | 20.7 | 6.2 | .003 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 14.0 | 66.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <.001 | 19.3 | 25.5 | 5.1 | .003 |
| Flavored | 11.2 | 56.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <.001 | 15.9 | 20.7 | 3.8 | .002 |
| Volume of exterior advertisements, mean No. | ||||||||||
| Cigarettes | 2.5 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 0.9 | <.001 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | .06 |
| Cigars | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .05 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | .78 |
| E-cigarettes | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | <.001 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | .01 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <.001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .01 |
| Total | 3.4 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 1.2 | <.001 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 2.3 | .02 |
| Volume of interior advertisements, mean No. | ||||||||||
| Cigarettes | 4.0 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 3.2 | <.001 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 3.1 | .002 |
| Cigars | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .07 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | .27 |
| E-cigarettes | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | <.001 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | .003 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <.001 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | .003 |
| Total | 5.4 | 11.5 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 3.9 | <.001 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 3.9 | .001 |
Poverty is categorized as follows: low, ≤25%; middle, 26% to 74%; and high, ≥75%. Poverty is based on the percentage of the students in the local high school who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.