Nali Matthew C, Purushothaman Vidya, Li Zhuoran, Cuomo Raphael, Mackey Tim K
Global Health Program, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Global Health Policy and Data Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.
Tob Use Insights. 2023 Jul 31;16:1179173X231192821. doi: 10.1177/1179173X231192821. eCollection 2023.
In 2019, the state of Massachusetts signed into law the first statewide sales restrictions of flavored ENDS/tobacco products for both physical and online shops in response to a previous executive order to curb E-Cigarette, or Vaping Product, Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) cases that were surging throughout the nation.
This study obtained licensure data from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, to observe the changes in retail licensure comparing the pre ban (October 2018-August 2019) and post ban periods (October 2020- August 2021). A series of linear regression tests were conducted on both periods using census tract data to explore potential associations with sociodemographic covariates, including median age, median household income, and population proportion by gender, age, and race/ethnicity groups.
Analysis of the Massachusetts post-ban period (October 2020-August 2021) found that new tobacco retail licenses issued decreased by 52.9% (n = 968) when compared to the pre-ban period (October 2018-August 2019) of 1831. A significant positive association was discovered between change in new retailer count and proportion male population (2.48 ± 1.05, = .018) as well as proportion Hispanic population (1.19 ± .25, < .001) at the census tract level.
CONCLUSION/DISCUSSION: Our analysis indicates that, following the temporary MA flavor sales ban, the total number of licenses decreased, though decreases were more pronounced for new licenses when compared to continuing licenses. Higher increases in new tobacco retailer density were significantly associated with concentration of male and Hispanic populations.
2019年，马萨诸塞州将针对实体店和网店的调味电子烟/烟草产品的首个全州范围销售限制签署为法律，以回应先前的一项行政命令，该命令旨在遏制当时在全国范围内激增的电子烟或雾化产品使用相关肺损伤（EVALI）病例。
本研究从马萨诸塞州税务局获取了许可证数据，以观察在禁令实施前（2018年10月 - 2019年8月）和禁令实施后（2020年10月 - 2021年8月）零售许可证的变化情况。使用人口普查区数据对这两个时期进行了一系列线性回归测试，以探索与社会人口统计学协变量的潜在关联，包括年龄中位数、家庭收入中位数以及按性别、年龄和种族/族裔群体划分的人口比例。
对马萨诸塞州禁令实施后时期（2020年10月 - 2021年8月）的分析发现，与禁令实施前时期（2018年10月 - 2019年8月）的1831个相比，新颁发的烟草零售许可证减少了52.9%（n = 968）。在人口普查区层面，新零售商数量的变化与男性人口比例（2.48 ± 1.05，P = .018）以及西班牙裔人口比例（1.19 ± .25，P < .001）之间发现了显著的正相关。
结论/讨论：我们的分析表明，在马萨诸塞州临时实施调味烟销售禁令后，许可证总数有所减少，不过与续期许可证相比，新许可证的减少更为明显。新烟草零售商密度的较高增长与男性和西班牙裔人口的集中显著相关。
