Naturalistic Tobacco Retail Exposure and Smoking Outcomes in Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes Daily

Is exposure to retail marketing in people’s daily environments associated with critical health risk behaviors such as smoking?In this cohort study of 273 individuals who smoked cigarettes daily, individuals reported significantly greater cravings and smoked more cigarettes on days when their smartphone-logged tobacco retail exposure was higher than usual.These findings suggest that tobacco retail exposure is associated with smoking dynamically across time, with important implications for public health.

Corresponding Authors: Benjamin Muzekari, MA (muzekari@upenn.edu), and Emily B. Falk, PhD (emilybfalk@falklab.org), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.