National and State Trends in Sales of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes, U.S., 2011–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  Marynak, Kristy L. ; Gammon, Doris G. ; King, Brian A. ; Loomis, Brett R. ; Fulmer, Erika B. ; Wang, Teresa W. ; Rogers, Todd
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  In recent years, self-reported cigarette smoking has declined among youth and adults, while electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased. However, sales trends for these products are less certain. This study assessed national and state patterns of U.S. cigarette and e-cigarette unit sales.
  
  Methods
  
  Trends in cigarette and e-cigarette unit sales were analyzed using retail scanner data from September 25, 2011 through January 9, 2016 for: (1) convenience stores; and (2) all other outlets combined, including supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drug, dollar, and club stores, and military commissaries (online, tobacco-only, and “vape“ shops were not available). Data by store type were available for the total contiguous U.S. and 29 states; combined data were available for the remaining states, except Alaska, Hawaii, and DC.
  
  Results
  
  During 2011–2015, cigarette sales exhibited a small, significant decrease; however, positive year-over-year growth occurred in convenience stores throughout most of 2015. E-cigarette unit sales significantly increased during 2011–2015, but year-over-year growth slowed and was occasionally negative. Cigarette unit sales exceeded e-cigarettes by 64:1 during the last 4-week period. During 2014–2015, cigarette sales increases occurred in 15 of 48 assessed states; e-cigarette sales increased in 18 states.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Despite overall declines during 2011–2015, cigarette sales in 2015 grew for the first time in a decade. E-cigarette sales growth was positive, but slowed over the study period in assessed stores. Cigarette sales continued to exceed e-cigarette sales, reinforcing the importance of efforts to reduce the appeal and accessibility of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adult Commerce Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Female Humans Male Marketing Tobacco Products United States
• Source:
  Am J Prev Med. 53(1):96-101
• Pubmed ID:
  28285828
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5559880
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:96c60185d9d8bcaa9bb4c857c5d718a26b050ddb702bb65c91fdce5f53aae104
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47606/cdc_47606_DS1.pdf
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