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Use of pharmacy data to evaluate smoking regulations' impact on sales of nicotine replacement therapies in New York City

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  • Metzger, K.B.
  • Mostashari, F.
  • Kerker, B.D.

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Objectives. Recently, New York City and New York State increased cigarette excise taxes and New York City implemented a smoke-free workplace law. To assess the impact of these policies on smoking cessation in New York City, we examined over-the-counter sales of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products. Methods. Pharmacy sales data were collected in real time as part of nontraditional surveillance activities. We used Poisson generalized estimating equations to analyze the effect of smoking-related policies on pharmacy-specific weekly sales of nicotine patches and gum. We assessed effect modification by pharmacy location. Results. We observed increases in NRT product sales during the weeks of the cigarette tax increases and the smoke-free workplace law. Pharmacies in low-income areas generally had larger and more persistent increases in response to tax increases than those in higher-income areas. Conclusions. Real-time monitoring of existing nontraditional surveillance data, such as pharmacy sales of NRT products, can help assess the effects of public policies on cessation attempts. Cigarette tax increases and smoke-free workplace regulations were associated with increased smoking cessation attempts in New York City, particularly in low-income areas.

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  • Metzger, K.B. & Mostashari, F. & Kerker, B.D., 2005. "Use of pharmacy data to evaluate smoking regulations' impact on sales of nicotine replacement therapies in New York City," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(6), pages 1050-1055.
  • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2004.048025_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048025
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    2. Kanaka D. Shetty & Thomas DeLeire & Chapin White & Jayanta Bhattacharya, 2011. "Changes in U.S. hospitalization and mortality rates following smoking bans," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 6-28, December.
    3. Jennifer Kahende & Ann Malarcher & Lucinda England & Lei Zhang & Paul Mowery & Xin Xu & Varadan Sevilimedu & Italia Rolle, 2017. "Utilization of smoking cessation medication benefits among medicaid fee-for-service enrollees 1999–2008," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-15, February.
    4. Brian V. Fix & Andrew Hyland & Cheryl Rivard & Ann McNeill & Geoffrey T. Fong & Ron Borland & David Hammond & K. Michael Cummings, 2011. "Usage Patterns of Stop Smoking Medications in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Findings from the 2006–2008 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, January.

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