High risk alternative tobacco products disproportionately sold in low-income communities

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 09:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Retailers in minority and low-income communities are more likely to sell and advertise the most inexpensive and risky alternative tobacco products, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Potentially less risky, non-combusted products such as smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes are more accessible in higher income and predominantly White […]

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