Variations in Tobacco Retailer Type Across Community Characteristics: Place Matters
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 19 — August 11, 2022
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Figure. Prevalence of tobacco retailer type within each type of census tract. Abbreviations: HM, high minority; HP, high poverty; LM, low minority; LP, low poverty, R, rural; S, suburban; U, Urban.
Retailer type | High minority, high poverty, urban | High minority, low poverty, urban | Low minority, high poverty, urban | Low minority, low poverty, urban | Low minority, high poverty, suburban | Low minority, low poverty, suburban | Low minority, high poverty, rural | Low minority, high poverty, rural |
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Convenience | 62.6 | 52.6 | 59.1 | 54.9 | 58.5 | 59.9 | 59.1 | 60.1 |
Discount | 11.8 | 12 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 14.5 | 13.3 |
Grocery | 6.9 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 10.2 |
Pharmacy | 4.3 | 8 | 5 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
Bar, restaurant | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 4 | 4 | 6.7 |
Tobacco shop | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.2 |
Alcohol store | 3.5 | 4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Vape shop or hookah retailer/cafe | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
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