Tobacco reports
- Massachusetts Tobacco Availability and Pricing Survey, Fiscal Year 2024 PDF
A report of the availability and price of tobacco/nicotine products collected from tobacco retail establishments across the state. Data is collected to track trends in pricing and availability of tobacco products and to assess how tobacco control regulations, including the state’s comprehensive flavored tobacco restriction and local cigar pricing/packaging regulations, impact these metrics. Trends in Tobacco Use and Exposure: Data from the 2019 MA Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System PDF | Doc
A comprehensive report of tobacco/nicotine related risk behavior, exposure, and health outcomes in Massachusetts based on annual survey data from the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The tobacco/nicotine related metrics included in this report are split into four broad categories:- Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Cessation
- Smoking Co-Morbidities
- Exposure to Secondhand Smoke at Home.
In addition to Massachusetts BRFSS data, this report leverages extensive historical context and rigorous peer-reviewed research to explain how inequitable and persistent exposure to adverse social, environmental, and economic conditions have in turn put certain populations more at risk of tobacco/nicotine-related risk behavior, exposure, and diseases.
- Tobacco Retail Density in Massachusetts (2018) PDF | Doc
A report on how the built environment impacts health, focusing on the impact of tobacco retail density. This report also focuses on inequities in exposure to high tobacco retail density due to tobacco industry targeting and racial redlining and segregation.
Publications
Massachusetts point-of-sale tobacco policy
Impact of flavored tobacco restriction policies on the retail environment
This study assessed sales of flavored tobacco products in Massachusetts and neighboring states in the year following Massachusetts’ flavored tobacco restriction using retail scanner data from the Nielsen Company.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of flavored tobacco product restriction policies in reducing availability of flavored products in Massachusetts communities using tobacco retailers survey data.
This study describes the impact of Boston’s policy restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, including cigars, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes, to adult-only retailers on product availability, advertisement and consumer demand using data collected from tobacco retailers.
Impact of flavored tobacco restriction policies on adult tobacco awareness, use, and cessation
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a statewide flavored tobacco restriction among Massachusetts residents who use menthol or flavored tobacco and to assess differences in impact between Black and White users using adult panel survey data.
Impact of flavored tobacco restrictions on youth tobacco awareness and use
The purpose of this study was to assess whether flavored tobacco restrictions (FTRs) in Massachusetts curb youth tobacco use over time and whether a dose-response effect of length of policy implementation on tobacco-related outcomes exists. This study used a quasi-experimental design, two municipalities with a FTR were matched to a comparison municipality without a FTR.
This study aimed to evaluate the short-term impact of a flavored tobacco restriction policy on youth access to, and use of, flavored tobacco products in a Massachusetts community.
Impact of cigar packaging/pricing restrictions on the retail environment and youth tobacco use
This study used pricing data collected from retailers across Massachusetts to measure the effect of the regulation on price and availability of single cigars over the long term.