Exposure to point-of-sale displays and changes in susceptibility to smoking: findings from a cohort study of school students

Bogdanovica, Ilze; Szatkowski, Lisa; McNeill, Ann; Spanopoulos, Dionysis; Britton, John

Abstract

Aims

To investigate the association between frequency of visiting shops and noticing of tobacco point-of-sale (PoS) displays and the development of susceptibility to smoking, or smoking uptake, in secondary school students.
Design

Two surveys of a school based cohort study carried out in 2011 and 2012.
Settings

Nottinghamshire, UK.
Participants

A total of 2270 children aged 11–16 years from eight schools in Nottinghamshire.
Measurements

We investigated changes in susceptibility to smoking and smoking status in relation to frequency of visiting shops and noticing PoS displays and number of tobacco brands recognized, controlling for a range of potential confounders. Susceptibility to smoking was defined using a set of three questions covering intentions to try smoking, to smoke within the next year and likelihood of smoking if a best friend offered a cigarette. For the analysis we used multinomial logistic regression.
Findings

Among non-susceptible never smokers, noticing PoS displays more frequently was associated independently with an increased risk of becoming susceptible to smoking [adjusted relative risk ratio (RRR) = 1.74; 99% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–2.69], but was not associated with smoking uptake. Recognizing a higher number of brands among non-susceptible never smokers doubled the risk of becoming susceptible to smoking and of becoming a smoker, but this did not have a significant effect on transition to smoking among susceptible never smokers. Frequency of noticing tobacco PoS displays was not associated significantly with smoking uptake among those who were susceptible never smokers at baseline.
Conclusions

Noticing tobacco point-of-sale displays more often and recognizing a higher number of tobacco brands is associated with an increased risk of becoming susceptible to smoking among adolescents in the United Kingdom, and recognizing a higher number of brands is associated positively with an increased risk of smoking uptake.

Citation

Bogdanovica, I., Szatkowski, L., McNeill, A., Spanopoulos, D., & Britton, J. (2015). Exposure to point-of-sale displays and changes in susceptibility to smoking: findings from a cohort study of school students. Addiction, 110(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12826

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 5, 2016
• Journal: Addiction
• Print ISSN: 0965-2140
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0443
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12826
• Keywords: Point-of-sale displays, smoking, smoking uptake, susceptibility, tobacco, youth
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/984156
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12826/abstract
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bogdanovica, I., Szatkowski, L., McNeill, A., Spanopoulos, D. and Britton, J. (2015), Exposure to point-of-sale displays and changes in susceptibility to smoking: findings from a cohort study of school students. Addiction, 110(4) 693-702, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12826. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.