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Giovenco, Daniel Philip Downs. The electronic cigarette retail environment in New Jersey and its associations with community demographics and youth vaping behaviors. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3GH9M3T

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TitleThe electronic cigarette retail environment in New Jersey and its associations with community demographics and youth vaping behaviors
NameGiovenco, Daniel Philip Downs (author); Delnevo, Cristine D. (chair); Lewis, M. Jane (internal member); Coups, Elliot J. (internal member); Duncan, Dustin T. (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - New Brunswick
Date Created2016
Other Date2016-05 (degree)
SubjectPublic Health, Electronic cigarettes--New Jersey
Extent1 online resource (ix, 113 p. : ill.)
DescriptionBackground: E-cigarette use is on the rise among youth nationally, as well as in New Jersey. Little is known about how e-cigarette availability varies across communities and how exposure to e-cigarette advertising may influence use among youth. Objectives: This dissertation aims to: 1) Document the relationship between community demographics and the presence of vape shops in New Jersey, 2) characterize the e-cigarette retail environment around 41 New Jersey high schools, and 3) examine associations between e-cigarette promotion at the point-of-sale and vaping behaviors among high school students participating in the 2014 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey (NJYTS). Methods: A combination of geographic information systems (GIS), census tract demographic data, store audits, and youth survey data from the 2014 NJYTS were used to describe community correlates of e-cigarette retail and its associations with vaping behaviors among youth. Results: E-cigarettes were significantly less likely to be available and advertised in communities with a large proportion of black residents. In predominantly white neighborhoods, e-cigarettes were advertised proportionally more than other tobacco products. Although tobacco use history is the strongest predictor of e-cigarette use among students, the e-cigarette retail environment near schools was independently associated with both ever and current use. Conclusions: The e-cigarette industry currently faces no federal marketing restrictions. This dissertation documented a high prevalence of point-of-sale promotions in areas where youth spend time and revealed strong associations between the local tobacco retail environment and e-cigarette use. Policies that make e-cigarettes less available and less appealing to youth may slow rates of uptake and ultimately benefit public health.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Daniel Philip Downs Giovenco
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3GH9M3T
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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