title: Electronic Cigarette Retail Outlets and Proximity to Schools.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the retail distribution and density per population of electronic and conventional cigarettes in smoke-free communities with and without e-cigarette restrictions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study with field observations of retail tobacco stores.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two Central Kentucky counties with 100% smoke-free workplace regulations; counties selected on the basis of whether e-cigarette use was restricted.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-seven tobacco retailers in two counties, including conventional retailers and stand-alone e-cigarette stores.
  
  
  METHODS
  Type and location of store and products sold; addresses of stores and schools geocoded with ArcGIS.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bivariate comparisons between counties, rates and confidence intervals for frequency of tobacco retailers and e-cigarette stores per population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-three percent of tobacco retailers sold e-cigarettes. E-cigarette availability did not differ by whether smoke-free regulation covered e-cigarettes. Rates of tobacco retailers and e-cigarette distributors per 10,000 were 8.29 and 4.40, respectively, in the two-county area. Of the 40 schools, 88% had a tobacco retailer and 68% had an e-cigarette distributor within 1 mile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this exploratory study, e-cigarette use restriction was not related to store availability. For a relatively new product, e-cigarettes were readily available in retail outlets and close to schools.
authors: Ellen J
authors: EJ
authors: Hahn
authors: Kathy
authors: K
authors: Begley
authors: Yevgeniya
authors: Y
authors: Gokun
authors: Andrew O
authors: AO
authors: Johnson
authors: Monica E
authors: ME
authors: Mundy
authors: Mary Kay
authors: MK
authors: Rayens
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools
keywords: Health focus: smoking control; Manuscript format: research; Outcome measure: behavioral, other; Prevention Research; Public Policy; Research purpose: descriptive; Setting: local community; Smoking; Strategy: policy; Study design: nonexperimental; Target population circumstances: geographic location; Target population: youth, adults; Tobacco; Youth