Tobacco Use Prevalence

Tobacco Industry Marketing and Targeting

Tobacco companies often target their advertising campaigns toward low-income neighborhoods and communities.3

  • Researchers have found a higher density of tobacco retailers in low-income neighborhoods.12
  • Tobacco companies have historically targeted women of low SES through distribution of discount coupons, point-of-sale discounts, direct-mail coupons, and development of brands that appeal to these women.13

Culturally appropriate anti-smoking health marketing strategies and mass media campaigns like CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers national tobacco education campaign, as well as CDC-recommended tobacco prevention and control programs and policies, can help reduce the burden of disease among people of low SES status.

Youth Surveys

Vape Data

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html?s_cid=OSH_emg_GL0001

References

1.      U.S. Census Bureau. Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016external icon. Last updated 2018 April 10 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

2.      U.S. Census Bureau. Educational Attainment in the United States: 2017external icon. Last updated 2017 Dec 11 [accessed 2018 Jul 12].

3.      U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014 [accessed 2016 Jun 13].

4.      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results from the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. pdf icon[PDF–56.2 KB]external icon Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2014 [accessed 2018 Jul 12].

5.      Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Tobacco and Socioeconomic Status pdf icon[PDF–56.2 KB]external icon. Washington, D.C.: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2015 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

6.      Singh GK, Williams SD, Siahpush M, Mulhollen A. Socioeconomic, Rural-Urban, and Racial Inequalities In US Cancer Mortality: Part I—All Cancers and Lung Cancer and Part II—Colorectal, Prostate, Breast, and Cervical Cancersexternal icon. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology 2011; doi.org/10.1155/2011/107497 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

7.      Clegg LX, Reichman ME, Miller BA, Hankey BF, Singh GK, Lin YD, et al. Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Cancer Incidence and Stage at Diagnosis: Selected Findings from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results: National Longitudinal Mortality Studyexternal icon. Cancer Causes and Control 2009;20(4) [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

8.      Siahpush M, Singh GH, Jones PR, Timsina LR. Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Variations in Duration of Smoking: Results from 2003, 2006 and 2007 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Surveyexternal icon. Journal of Public Health 2009;32(2):210-8 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

9.      Ham DC, Przybeck T, Strickland JR, Luke DA, Bierut LJ, Evanoff BA. Occupation and Workplace Policies Predict Smoking Behaviors: Analysis of National Data from the Current Population Surveyexternal icon. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011;53(11):1337-45 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Disparities in Nonsmokers’ Exposure to Secondhand Smoke—United States, 1999–2012. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015;64(04):103–8 [accessed 2018 Jun 13].

11. Arheart KL, Lee DJ, Dietz NA, Wilkinson JD, Clark III JD, LeBlanc WG, Serdar B, Fleming LE. Declining Trends in Serum Cotinine Levels in U.S. Worker Groups: The Power of Policy. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008;50(1):57–63 [cited 2018 Jun 13].

12. Yu D, Peterson NA, Sheffer MA, Reid RJ, Schneider JE. Tobacco Outlet Density and Demographics: Analysing the Relationships with a Spatial Regression Approach. Public Health, 2010;124(7):412–6 [cited 2018 Jun 13].

13. Brown-Johnson CG, England LJ, Glantz SA, Ling PM. Tobacco Industry Marketing to Low Socioeconomic Status Women in the USA. Tobacco Control. Published online first: 2014 Jan 21, doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051224 [cited 2018 Jun 13].

For Further Information

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