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November 2003, Vol 93, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1794
© 2003 American Public Health Association

LETTER

DEMOGRAPHICS AND TOBACCO OUTLET DENSITY

Andrew Hyland, PhD, Mark J. Travers, BS, K. Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH, Joseph Bauer, PhD, Terry Alford, BS and William F. Wieczorek, PhD

Andrew Hyland, Mark J. Travers, K. Michael Cummings, Joseph Bauer, and Terry Alford are with Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. William F. Wieczorek is with Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Andrew Hyland, PhD, Department of Cancer Prevention, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263 (e-mail: andrew.hyland{at}roswellpark.org).

In our recent report associating community demographics and tobacco outlet density in Erie County, New York,1 we stated that no other studies had been performed examining this topic. After our original submission date, work was published by Laws et al,2 who found that the percentage of all businesses that sold tobacco in 10 Massachusetts neighborhoods was strongly inversely correlated with the average per capita income of those neighborhoods and that the resident populations of the lower-income neighborhoods were predominantly African American or Latino. Therefore, by the publication date of our report, our statement was no longer correct, and the work of Laws et al should be recognized.

The important point is not whose paper was published first, but rather that 2 independent studies found similar results. There seems to be little dispute over the observation that tobacco-selling retail outlets are disproportionately located in poor neighborhoods. The implication for public health is that zoning rules to limit the proliferation of tobacco outlets to eliminate this disparity should be seriously considered.

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1. Hyland A, Travers MJ, Cummings KM, Bauer J, Alford T, Wieczorek WF. Tobacco outlet density and demographics in Erie County, New York. Am J Public Health.2003;93:1075–1076.[Free Full Text]

2. Laws MB, Whitman J, Bowser DM, Krech L. Tobacco availability and point of sale marketing in demographically contrasting districts of Massachusetts. Tob Control. 2002;11(suppl 2): ii71–ii73.[Abstract/Free Full Text]




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