Flavors and Implied Reduced-Risk Descriptors in Cigar Ads at Stores Near Schools.

Introduction: Although the FDA prohibits using inaccurate, reduced-risk descriptors on tobacco product advertising, descriptors that imply reduced risk or an enhanced user experience may be present on cigar product advertising in retail outlets near schools. Therefore, to inform the development of federal labeling and advertising requirements that reduce youth appeal of cigars, we conducted a content analysis of cigar ads in retailers near schools to document the presence of implied health claims and other selling propositions that may convey enhanced smoking experience.

Aims And Methods: Up to four interior and exterior little cigar and cigarillo advertisements were photographed in a random sample of licensed tobacco retailers (n = 530) near California middle and high schools.

ENDS retailers and marketing near university campuses with and without tobacco-free policies.

Introduction: This study characterizes the retail environment for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) near public universities in California, assesses marketing in the first random sample of ENDS retailers, and compares ENDS retailer density and retail marketing near campuses with and without tobacco-free policies.

Methods: Two data sources were used to construct a sampling frame of possible ENDS retailers, which were mapped within 1 to 4 miles of the 33 University of California and California State University campuses. To assess retailer density, a telephone survey of possible ENDS retailers (n=1186) determined which sold e-cigarettes or e-liquids (completion rate=72.

Marijuana as a 'concept' flavour for cigar products: availability and price near California schools.

Objectives: To assess the retail availability of cigar products that refer to marijuana and the largest package size of cigarillos available for ≤$1.

Methods: Trained data collectors conducted marketing surveillance in a random sample of licensed tobacco retailers that sold little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs) (n=530) near a statewide sample of middle and high schools (n=132) in California. Multilevel models examined the presence of marijuana co-marketing and cigarillo pack size as a function of school/neighbourhood characteristics and adjusted for store type.