Tobacco use behaviors and secondhand smoke exposure

Explore data related to tobacco use trends over in Massachusetts.

Studies have shown that reducing the availability of tobacco products and point-of-sale marketing can reduce returning to tobacco use after quitting and spontaneous purchases, lending support to the eventual reduction of tobacco use as a long-term outcome of this law [1,2]

Youth tobacco/nicotine use

Select use type (current- use in the past 30 days-or ever) and age (middle or high school) to see tobacco/nicotine use trends among youth over time. Grade or race stratifications available for current users in high school. Youth data from YHS.

Skip this  data visualization presentation.

You skipped the data visualization presentation.

Adult tobacco/nicotine use

Select a product to examine tobacco/nicotine use rates in adults. Use demographic filters to see use among specific populations.  Select a year or years to see trends over time. Only one demographic filter may be selected at a time. Data from BRFSS.

Skip this  data visualization presentation.

You skipped the data visualization presentation.

Exposure to secondhand smoke

Select an exposure setting (at home or at work) and a demographic filter to examine trends in secondhand smoke exposure over time for adults. Only one demographic filter may be selected at a time. Data from BRFSS.

Skip this  data visualization presentation.

You skipped the data visualization presentation.

1. Carter OB, Phan T, Mills BW. Impact of a point-of-sale tobacco display ban on smokers’ spontaneous purchases: Comparisons from postpurchase interviews before and after the ban in Western Australia. Tob Control. 2015;24(e1):e81-e86. doi:10. 1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-050991
2. Yearby R. Racial disparities in health status and access to healthcare: The continuation of inequality in the United States due to structural racism. Am J Econ Sociol. 2018;77(3-4): 1113-1152. doi:10.1111/ajes.12230