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Research shows $10 minimum price + discount ban = 12.5 million fewer smokers.

mollie_mayfield — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:33:26 +0000

In 2014, the Surgeon General set a $10 per pack target price for cigarettes in order to effectively decrease tobacco use. However, today, cigarettes in the United States cost an average of $6 a pack.

News and Research Round Up

mollie_mayfield — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:39:52 +0000

Welcome to CounterTobacco.org's "News and Research Roundup!" Each month we post a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at the point of sale (POS). Keeping up with what's happening in the POS movement all across the country can help you choose policies and strategies that work best for your community.

New Store Assessment for Vape Shops Released for Two-Week Open Comment Period

jeaddy — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:20:20 +0000

The long-awaited draft of the Standardized Tobacco Assessment for Retail Settings: Vape Shops (vSTARS) has arrived!

vSTARS is an observational store assessment form designed to measure product availability, flavors, marketing and health messaging present in vape shops and head shops.

News from New Zealand: Point of Sale Display Ban Working

mollie_mayfield — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:55:46 +0000

A recent evaluation of New Zealand’s point of sale tobacco display ban shows significant drops in youth smoking rates and smoking experimentation.

Research Study: Longitudinal POS Tobacco Trends in Albany, NY

mollie_mayfield — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:00:34 +0000

New Research Study: Longitudinal Trends in Tobacco Availability, Tobacco Advertising, and Ownership Changes of Food Stores, Albany, New York, 2003–2015.

News and Research Roundup

mollie_mayfield — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:50:40 +0000

New Point of Sale Report to the Nation shows increased policy activity since 2012

mollie_mayfield — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 19:46:48 +0000

The latest Point of Sale Report of the Nation: Realizing the Power of States and Communities to Change the Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape was released earlier this week.

New POS Trend to Watch: Digital Couponing

mollie_mayfield — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:56:29 +0000

The tobacco industry spends over 91% of its marketing dollars at the point of sale, including expenditures on coupons to reduce the retail cost of tobacco. They know that price is one of the most powerful influences on tobacco use. In 2013, the tobacco industry spent $32.2 million on coupons for smokeless tobacco, and over $248.8 million on coupons for cigarettes, which is up from the $239.6 million spent on cigarettes in 2012.

News and Research Round Up

mollie_mayfield — Fri, 06 May 2016 15:31:30 +0000

FDA Releases Final Deeming Rule Regulating All Tobacco Products

jeaddy — Thu, 05 May 2016 15:21:45 +0000

The FDA released its final deeming rule this morning in a long-awaited 499-page document outlining the tobacco and nicotine products over which it now has regulation authority, and detailing the requirements associated with the sale of these products. Restricting youth access to tobacco products was one of the underlying motivations behind the FDA's decision to pass these regulations.