Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Retailer Density Near Schools in Modesto, CA

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Neighborhoods in Modesto, California with greater exposure to tobacco retailers near schools may experience higher adult smoking rates, and overall greater burden of chronic disease. This map illustrates the number of tobacco retailers near schools, indicated youth exposure to tobacco, and indicates an association with adult smoking rates, particularly in the southern part of the city and the communities along the CA-99 corridor that runs on the western boundary of the city.

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Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Retailer Density near Schools in Modesto, CA. This map seeks to determine youth and adult exposure to tobacco retailers, and its influence on adult smoking prevalence in Modesto, California. Each school in Modesto indicates a range of tobacco retailers located within a half mile of the campus and is overlaid on a map of adult smoking prevalence, by census tract, in order to visualize the relationship that may exist between tobacco retail exposure and smoking rates. Larger pentagons represent a greater number of tobacco retail outlets and darker census tracts indicate higher adult smoking prevalence.
Smoking prevalence and tobacco retailer density near schools in Modesto, California

Data sources

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CA Department of Tax & Fee Administration 2018; US Census Bureau ACS 2010-2014; CA Department of Public Health Nutrition Education & Obesity Prevention Branch 2016; CDC BRFSS 2014

Tobacco retailer data from the CA Department of Tax & Fee Administration and school location data from CA Department of Public Health Nutrition Education Obesity Prevention were geocoded and overlaid onto CDC BRFSS census tract level smoking prevalence data. The number of tobacco retailers were then joined to school locations with a half mile radius and the school location layer was modified to reference the join count and display as proportional symbols.

Kyle Fliflet, Program Coordinator, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency
209-525-4834
kfliflet@schsa.org

Fliflet, Kyle, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency; Oyeladun, Titus, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency; Testo, Setar, Stanislaus County Health Service Agency. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Chronic Disease Map Gallery.

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