Neighborhood racial, ethnic, and income disparities in accessibility to multiple tobacco retailers: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2015

Amanda Y Kong; Allison E Myers; Lisa F Isgett; Kurt M Ribisl

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.101031

Neighborhood racial, ethnic, and income disparities in accessibility to multiple tobacco retailers: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2015

Prev Med Rep. 2019 Dec 23:17:101031. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.101031. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Amanda Y Kong^{1

2}, Allison E Myers^{2

3}, Lisa F Isgett², Kurt M Ribisl^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina, 135 Dauer Drive, 302 Rosenau Hall, CB #7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7440, USA.
² Counter Tools, 205 Lloyd Street #210 & 211, Carrboro, NC, 27510, USA.
³ College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, 160 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
⁴ Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.

Abstract

•Existing studies assess an individual's proximity to a single tobacco retailer.•Measuring proximity to more than one retailer may better capture accessibility.•Disparities in multi-retailer proximity exist by neighborhood race and income.•Policies to address disparities in tobacco retailer exposure are needed.

Grants and funding

P01 CA225597/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States