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Financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased receipt of commercial tobacco discount coupons among US adults who use commercial tobacco
Tobacco control, v 33(e2), pp e151-e157
01 Dec 2024
PMID: 37339815
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Abstract
Many individuals experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic; yet commercial tobacco (CT) sales increased in the USA. We examined how experiencing financial hardships relates to increased CT discount coupon reception during the pandemic.
A nationally representative sample of 1700 US adults who used CT during the 12 months prior to the survey were surveyed online during January to February 2021. Participants reported if they had received more discount coupons for various CT products during (compared with before) the pandemic. They also reported whether they experienced six different types of financial hardships since the pandemic, and the total number of hardships experienced was counted. Weighted multivariable logistic regressions were used to examine the associations between financial hardships and increased coupon reception, adjusting for demographics and CT product use.
During the first 10-11 months of the pandemic, 21.3% of US adults who used CT during the 12 months prior to the survey reported receiving more CT discount coupons. Experiencing financial hardship during the pandemic was associated with higher odds of receiving more coupons for all types of CT products: every additional count of financial hardship was associated with higher odds of increased reception of discount coupons for all CT products (adjusted odds ratios ranging from 1.13 to 1.23 across products).
Over one-fifth of US adults who used CT received more discount coupons during the pandemic. Those facing financial hardships had higher discount coupon reception, suggesting potential targeted marketing to financially vulnerable individuals by the tobacco industry.
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- Title
- Financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased receipt of commercial tobacco discount coupons among US adults who use commercial tobacco
- Creators
- Kasra Zarei - National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesKristen R Hamilton-Moseley - National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesJulia Chen-Sankey - University of New BrunswickLilianna Phan - National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesAniruddh Ajith - University of PittsburghKiana Hacker - National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesBambi Jewett - National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesKelvin Choi - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Publication Details
- Tobacco control, v 33(e2), pp e151-e157
- Publisher
- British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- ZIA MD000006 / Intramural NIH HHS R00 CA242589 / NCI NIH HHS K99 CA272919 / NCI NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001023736500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85164376047
- Other Identifier
- 991021894521004721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Substance Abuse