Study Finds Tobacco Retailers Continue To Target Kids & Low-Income Neighborhoods In Minneapolis

From CBS Minnesota:

August 12, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Tobacco retailers continue to target kids and low-income neighborhoods in Minneapolis and other major cities. That’s according to a new study by the Advancing Science and Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) Center.

The study, which was conducted by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Washington University in St. Louis, found that more than half of public schools in Minneapolis are within 1,000 feet of a tobacco retailer.

Furthermore, in Minneapolis, the number of tobacco retailers per square mile is 7.2 times higher in the lowest-income neighborhoods than in the highest-income neighborhoods.

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