Unplanned purchasing of tobacco products: Beyond point of sale display.
Tobacco
cessation attempts
cigarettes
purchase locations
unplanned purchase triggers
Journal
Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
ISSN: 1036-1073
Titre abrégé: Health Promot J Austr
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9710936
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
Historique:
received:
23
11
2018
accepted:
15
05
2019
pubmed:
19
5
2019
medline:
24
11
2020
entrez:
19
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tobacco products remain widely available and unplanned purchasing of tobacco has been implicated in cessation relapse. Little is known however about the frequency of consumers' unplanned tobacco purchases or the type of retail outlets where this is more likely to occur. Questions on cigarette purchasing were added to a post-campaign telephone survey for the Make Smoking History Campaign in Western Australia. Respondents (n=200) were aged 25 to 54 years and were either current smokers or had quit in the last 4-5 weeks. Two-thirds of respondents had tried to quit in the past 2 years. Survey responses were analysed to look at place of purchase (the usual and after cessation relapse) and frequency and reasons for unplanned purchases. Supermarkets were the "usual" purchase location for the majority of respondents overall (78%), but the proportion who reported buying cigarettes from a supermarket after taking up smoking again declined substantially (52%), while purchases from convenience stores and service stations increased. Nearly a third (30%) of respondents indicated that they sometimes bought cigarettes unplanned or on impulse, and for 16%, this was at least once a week. Among smokers who have tried to quit but not succeeded, unplanned cigarette purchases are common. There is evidence to suggest that when people resume smoking after a cessation attempt, the cigarette purchase is not necessarily made at their "usual" type of retail outlet. SO WHAT?: The banning of point of sale tobacco display has not eliminated the pervasive availability and retail presence of tobacco, and unplanned purchasing of cigarettes is an impediment to successful smoking cessation. This study adds weight to growing momentum internationally and in Australia to reduce the widespread availability of tobacco products and decrease the barriers to quitting use of a product that kills over half of its consumers.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
140-144Informations de copyright
© 2019 Australian Health Promotion Association.
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