title: Changes in retail tobacco promotions in a cohort of stores before, during, and after a tobacco product display ban.
abstract: We used a longitudinal design to investigate the impact of a government policy banning the display of tobacco products at the point of sale. The extent of tobacco promotions in 481 randomly selected stores was documented at 4 points in time (2005-2009). Tobacco promotions were greatly reduced after implementation of the display ban. A ban on the display of tobacco products and other signage and promotions at retail is a critical tobacco-control policy to reduce people's exposure to tobacco marketing.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, University ofToronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jocohen@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Joanna E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Planinac
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavack
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DiNardo
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009864:Ontario; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D062789:Tobacco Products