Poorer Primarily Black Neighborhoods Have Higher Numbers of Places to Purchase Tobacco


June 1, 2016

A study published in the Public Health journal shows the previously established finding that neighborhoods with higher socio-economic status have fewer places to purchase tobacco also holds true in areas primarily populated by underrepresented racial and ethnic geopolitical citizens.  

Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist led the study, which examined two areas in Maryland with primarily African American populations.  

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