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. 2006 Feb;15(1):35-8.
doi: 10.1136/tc.2005.012278.

Tobacco sales in pharmacies: time to quit

K Suchanek Hudmon  1 , C M Fenlon, R L Corelli, A V Prokhorov, S A Schroeder
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Tobacco sales in pharmacies: time to quit

K Suchanek Hudmon et al. Tob Control. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the pharmacy profession's perceptions of tobacco sales in US pharmacies and explore whether a policy prohibiting sales of tobacco in pharmacies would alter adult consumer shopping behaviour.

Subjects and design: In California, surveys were administered to 1168 licensed pharmacists and 1518 pharmacy students, and telephone interviews were conducted with 988 adult consumers.

Results: Most (58.1%) licensed pharmacists were strongly against sales of tobacco in pharmacies, 23.6% were against it, 16.7% were neutral, 1.2% were in favour of it, and 0.4% were strongly in favour of it. Pharmacists who were current tobacco users were more likely to be in favour of tobacco sales in pharmacies than were pharmacists who were current non-users (p < 0.005). Similar statistics were observed for pharmacy students. Most consumers (72.3%) disagreed with the statement, "I am in favour of tobacco products being sold in drugstores"; 82.6% stated that if the drugstore where they most commonly shopped were to stop selling tobacco products, they would shop there just as often, 14.2% would shop there more often, and 3.2% would shop there less often.

Conclusion: Little professional or public support exists for tobacco sales in pharmacies.

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Competing interests: none declared

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