Research Days 2023 Poster Sessions
Cross State Border Nicotine Vaping Products Purchase – Early Evidence from State Emergency Sales Restrictions in 2019
Type of Presentation
Poster Session
Location
GSU Library
Start Date
3-31-2023 11:45 AM
End Date
3-31-2023 1:15 PM
Abstract
Our study investigates whether and to what extent the cross border purchase from states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Washington, with Nicotine Vaping Product (NVP) sales restrictions in response to the EVALI outbreak in 2019 to their neighboring states where NVP flavors or NVPs were allowed to sale. METHODS The 2019 weekly county-level NVP sales by flavors (tobacco, mint/menthol, and other flavors) were compiled using Nielsen Scanner data from the Kilts Marketing Data Center Archive of the Nielsen Company at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The study sample was restricted to weekly NVP sales by flavors from the surrounding states of MA, RI, and WA, ten weeks before and after their NVP sales restrictions implemented in 2019. A quasi-experimental, comparison group pre-post study design was used to study the impacts of NVP sales restrictions on cross-border NVP purchases. RESULTS Weekly NVP sales for border counties significantly increased in response to the MA, RI, and WA bans for tobacco flavored (56%, 45%, 6%, respectively), menthol/mint flavored (51%, 2%, 39%, respectively), and other flavored (79%, 3%, 2%, respectively) products, compared to sales for non-border counties (all p-values
Cross State Border Nicotine Vaping Products Purchase – Early Evidence from State Emergency Sales Restrictions in 2019
GSU Library
Our study investigates whether and to what extent the cross border purchase from states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Washington, with Nicotine Vaping Product (NVP) sales restrictions in response to the EVALI outbreak in 2019 to their neighboring states where NVP flavors or NVPs were allowed to sale. METHODS The 2019 weekly county-level NVP sales by flavors (tobacco, mint/menthol, and other flavors) were compiled using Nielsen Scanner data from the Kilts Marketing Data Center Archive of the Nielsen Company at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The study sample was restricted to weekly NVP sales by flavors from the surrounding states of MA, RI, and WA, ten weeks before and after their NVP sales restrictions implemented in 2019. A quasi-experimental, comparison group pre-post study design was used to study the impacts of NVP sales restrictions on cross-border NVP purchases. RESULTS Weekly NVP sales for border counties significantly increased in response to the MA, RI, and WA bans for tobacco flavored (56%, 45%, 6%, respectively), menthol/mint flavored (51%, 2%, 39%, respectively), and other flavored (79%, 3%, 2%, respectively) products, compared to sales for non-border counties (all p-values
Other Presentation Disciplines:
Health Policy
Substance Abuse
Health Policy Evaluation
Health Behaviors