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A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between tobacco and alcohol outlet density and neighbourhood deprivation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, October 2015
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Title
A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between tobacco and alcohol outlet density and neighbourhood deprivation
Published in
BMC Public Health, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-2321-1
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Authors

Niamh K Shortt, Catherine Tisch, Jamie Pearce, Richard Mitchell, Elizabeth A Richardson, Sarah Hill, Jeff Collin

Abstract

There is a strong socio-economic gradient in both tobacco-and alcohol-related harm. One possible factor contributing to this social gradient may be greater availability of tobacco and alcohol in more socially-deprived areas. A higher density of tobacco and alcohol outlets is not only likely to increase supply but also to raise awareness of tobacco/alcohol brands, create a competitive local market that reduces product costs, and influence local social norms relating to tobacco and alcohol consumption. This paper examines the association between the density of alcohol and tobacco outlets and neighbourhood-level income deprivation. Using a national tobacco retailer register and alcohol licensing data this paper calculates the density of alcohol and tobacco retail outlets per 10,000 population for small neighbourhoods across the whole of Scotland. Average outlet density was calculated for neighbourhoods grouped by their level of income deprivation. Associations between outlet density and deprivation were analysed using one way analysis of variance. There was a positive linear relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and outlets for both tobacco (p <0.001) and off-sales alcohol (p <0.001); the most deprived quintile of neighbourhoods had the highest densities of both. In contrast, the least deprived quintile had the lowest density of tobacco and both off-sales and on-sales alcohol outlets. The social gradient evident in alcohol and tobacco supply may be a contributing factor to the social gradient in alcohol- and tobacco-related disease. Policymakers should consider such gradients when creating tobacco and alcohol control policies. The potential contribution to public health, and health inequalities, of reducing the physical availability of both alcohol and tobacco products should be examined in developing broader supply-side interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 144 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 17%
Researcher 23 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 9%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Other 8 6%
Other 32 22%
Unknown 31 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 26 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 17%
Psychology 10 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 4%
Other 25 17%
Unknown 45 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 65. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 July 2020.
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