Giovenco Daniel P, Duncan Dustin T, Coups Elliot J, Lewis M Jane, Delnevo Cristine D
Rutgers School of Public Health, Center for Tobacco Studies, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Population Health, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Health Place. 2016 Jul;40:123-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.05.008. Epub 2016 Jun 1.
Vape shops are opening across the USA, but little is known about the types of neighborhoods where they are located. This study explores community-level predictors of vape shop locations in New Jersey, USA.
Vape shops were identified in July 2015 using a validated systematic online search protocol and geocoded using Google Earth Pro. Multivariable logistic regression identified demographic and other predictors of vape shop presence at the census tract level.
Tobacco outlet density was consistently associated with higher odds of vape shop presence after adjusting for covariates (p<0.05). However, factors traditionally associated with tobacco retail were negatively associated with vapor outlets. Census tracts with a higher proportion of non-Hispanic black residents had significantly lower odds of having a vape shop (β=-0.03, p<0.001).
Vape shops are commonly located in census tracts where tobacco retail is high, but where fewer racial minorities live. The retail environment may communicate social norms regarding vaping and ultimately influence use behaviors of community residents.
电子烟商店在美国各地不断涌现,但对于其所在社区类型却知之甚少。本研究探讨了美国新泽西州电子烟商店位置的社区层面预测因素。
2015年7月,通过经过验证的系统在线搜索协议识别电子烟商店,并使用谷歌地球专业版进行地理编码。多变量逻辑回归确定了人口普查区层面电子烟商店存在的人口统计学和其他预测因素。
在调整协变量后,烟草销售点密度始终与电子烟商店存在的较高几率相关(p<0.05)。然而,传统上与烟草零售相关的因素与电子烟销售点呈负相关。非西班牙裔黑人居民比例较高的人口普查区拥有电子烟商店的几率显著较低(β=-0.03,p<0.001)。
电子烟商店通常位于烟草零售量大但少数族裔居住较少的人口普查区。零售环境可能传达有关电子烟使用的社会规范,并最终影响社区居民的使用行为。