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11.9 Retail promotion and access
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Relevant news and research: Retail promotion and access

Department of Health (2025). Minister for Health welcomes ban on tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products from self-service and vending machines. . Available from: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/press-releases/minister-for-health-welcomes-ban-on-tobacco-products-and-nicotine-inhaling-products-from-self-service-and-vending-machines/


Elsebaie, E. H., Alebshehy, R., Abdelaal, A. H., Abdelmeguid, W. S. and Saleh, D. A. (2025). Investigating tobacco presence at retail points of sale around schools in Egypt. BMC Public Health, 1, 3055. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40993597


Muzekari, B., Cooper, N., Resnick, A., Paul, A. M., Torres-Grillo, O. E., Andrews, M. E., Mattan, B., Scholz, C., Johnson, D., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cakar, M. E., Hao, S., Zhou, E., Beard, E., Mesquiti, S., Sayed, F., Fichman, M. A., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Barnett, I. J., Strasser, A. A., Kirchner, T. R., Henriksen, L. and Falk, E. B. (2025). Naturalistic Tobacco Retail Exposure and Smoking Outcomes in Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes Daily. JAMA Netw Open, 9, e2530132. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41021230


Rochadi, R. K., Siregar, P. A., Suraya, R., Apriliani, A., Arrazy, S., Siregar, P. Y., Adinda, D. and Ahsan, A. (2025). Tobacco Advertisements Near Schools and Its Association with Smoking Behaviour Students in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 9, 3415-3422. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40952298


Sebrie, E. M., Sagna, M. B., Wasson, K., Fuss, C., Rosemeyer, M. C., Ba, O. and Bityeki, B. C. (2025). Monitoring compliance with the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and product display at the point-of-sale 10 months after its implementation in Dakar, Senegal. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40905364


STOP (2025). Notebooks to nicotine: How big tobacco targets kids near schools across the Eastern Mediterranean. . Available from: https://exposetobacco.org/campaigns/notebooks-to-nicotine/


Combs, T., Chaitan, V. L. and Mahoney, M. (2025). Feasibility and Impact of Local Retail Tobacco Policy in the United States: Views From Research and Practice. Health Promot Pract, 1.52484E+16. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40842397


Combs, T., Chaitan, V., Golden, S., Ribisl, K., Henriksen, L. and Luke, D. (2025). Cooling down hotspots of retail tobacco products: addressing disparities in the built environment through policy. Health Place, 103533. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40829414


Nian, Q., Brown, J. L., Crespi, E., Zhang, S., Long, R. and Cohen, J. E. (2025). Tobacco sales and marketing at points-of-sale near schools remain widespread in China: an observational study in 2021 and 2023. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40789761


Webb, E., Craigmile, P. F., Morean, M. E., Kong, G., Lee, J. G. L., Martin, R. J., Barrington-Trimis, J., Qiang, R., Spinola, V. B. and Roberts, M. E. (2025). Tobacco retailer density and rurality across four US states: California, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Ohio. J Rural Health, 3, e70073. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40817627


Zhong, S., Wray, A., Seabrook, J. and Gilliland, J. A. (2025). The shifting riskscape: Changes in geographic accessibility to alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco in Ontario, Canada from 2019 to 2022. Int J Drug Policy, 104965. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40845752


Poudel, A., Kaphle, H. P., Poudel, S., Parajuli, S., Bhurtel, K. and Dhital, S. R. (2025). Awareness and compliance with tobacco control policies among retailers near schools in Arghakhanchi, Nepal: A mixed- methods study. PLOS Glob Public Health, 7, e0004780. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40622968


Satpathy, N., Jena, P., Yadav, A., Epari, V., Mohanty, V., Ali, M. I., Khare, R., Singh, Y. P. and Pandey, A. K. (2025). Vendor density mapping and compliance assessment with tobacco control laws around schools in Bhubaneswar City-a geo-spatial mapping and observational study. Front Public Health, 1410114. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40584542


Setodji, C. M., Dunbar, M., Martino, S. C., Wong, J. C., Hieber, M., Jenson, D. and Shadel, W. G. (2025). Restricting Tobacco Poster Advertising Space at Retail Point of Sale Reduces Some Young Adults' Susceptibility to Future Cigarette Smoking. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40643369


Shadel, W. G., Setodji, C. M., Martino, S. C., Dunbar, M. S., Jenson, D., Wong, J. C. and Torbatian, A. (2025). Removing Price Discounts from the Tobacco Retail Environment: Effects on College Students' Risk of Using Smokeless Tobacco, Little Cigars, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40637109


Cheung, C. H. Y., Wang, M. P. and Cheung, Y. T. D. (2025). The lawsuit on tobacco point-of-sale displays in Hong Kong: An urgent call for the display ban. Addiction. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40542640


Herbert, L., Giovenco, D. P., Flores, I., Chen, M., Lowery, B. C., Chery-Mullen, E., Meaney, M. and Kong, A. Y. (2025). Patterns of tobacco retailer counts by zoning designations and sociodemographic characteristics in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Health Place, 103496. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40532382


Athauda, L., Verdun, Z., Atanasova, P., Ahmad, S., Ahsan, A., Hossain, M. M., Loomba, M., Pradeepa, R., Rajakaruna, V., Kaluarachchi, M., Kasturiratne, A., Khawaja, K. I., Mridha, M. K., Katulanda, P., Jha, V., Anjana, R. M., Chambers, J. C., Frost, G., Sassi, F. and Miraldo, M. (2025). Compliance to tobacco and alcohol zoning regulations around schools in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka using environmental mapping data. BMC Med, 1, 307. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40437559


Aktan, S. (2025). Belgium bans display of tobacco products in shops. euronews. Available from: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/01/belgium-bans-display-of-tobacco-products-in-shops


Crespi, E., Brown, J. L., Huynh, N. B. C., Bautista, M. A., Bacar, C. G. V., Bacar, F. V. and Cohen, J. E. (2025). Industry Strategies for Attracting Youth to Cigarettes, E-cigarettes, and HTPs: Retailer Density and Marketing at Points-of-Sale in Vietnam and the Philippines. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 4, 1253-1259. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40302077


Alebshehy, R., Ibrahim, R. and Elmitwalli, S. (2025). Effects of retail environment regulations on reducing tobacco retailers and operating hours: a case study in Egypt. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40032511


Morphett, K. and Gartner, C. E. (2025). Tobacco retailers' use of toy displays and cartoons in signage in Australia. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40139797


Rooney, T., Okninski, M., Morphett, K., Richards, B. and Gartner, C. (2025). Protecting children from tobacco products in retail environments: A review of Australian tobacco control laws. Drug Alcohol Rev. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40057945


Trangenstein, P. J., Patterson, D. M., Karriker-Jaffe, K. J., Schleicher, N. C., Kerr, W. C. and Henriksen, L. (2025). Limiting tobacco accessibility by transitioning tobacco sales to state alcohol stores: estimated increases in travel time and changes in associated disparities. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40139796


Poole, N., van den Brand, F. A., Willemsen, M. C. and Nagelhout, G. E. (2025). Is seeing cigarettes in the retail environment associated with impulse purchases? Findings from surveys in disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39918274


Wong, J. C. S., Setodji, C. M., Dunbar, M. S., Martino, S., van Valkenburg, G., Jenson, D. and Shadel, W. G. (2025). How does removing menthol tobacco product displays at point-of-sale affect adolescents' cigarette smoking intentions? The mediating effects of social norms. J Behav Med. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39979675


Alebshehy, R., Elsebaie, E. H. and Razum, O. (2025). Public's perception of policies reducing tobacco availability by regulating the tobacco retail environment: A case study in Egypt. Tob Prev Cessat. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39831152


Elicabe, E., Arnaudo, M. B., Moodie, C., Best, C., Alexandrou, G., Mejia, R. and team, R. (2025). The display and advertising of roll-your-own tobacco at points-of-sale in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39756411


Meng, C. F. Y., Bannon, O., Laverty, A. A. and Filippidis, F. T. (2025). Association between tobacco advertising policies, health warning mandates and adolescents' exposure to tobacco advertising and warning labels in 80 countries. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39788728


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