Project

Retail Audit to Evaluate Standardised Packaging and its Impact in the UK

Funded by Cancer Research UK.

The United Kingdom (UK) Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 and Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 required cigarettes (factory-made and rolling tobacco) to be sold in standardised packs with a drab brown colour and pictorial health warnings covering at least 65% of the principal display areas. Tobacco companies and retailers were given from 20th May 2016 to 20th May 2017 to comply with the legislation. This study examined the extent and nature of independent and convenience (small) retailer compliance with standardised packaging legislation in the UK, the changes in price-per-cigarette and price-per-gram during and after implementation of the legislation, and any changes in pricing relative to recommended retail price.

Publications:

https://stirling-research.worktribe.com/record.jx?recordid=508130

https://stirling-research.worktribe.com/record.jx?recordid=1044539

https://stirling-research.worktribe.com/record.jx?recordid=510911

https://stirling-research.worktribe.com/record.jx?recordid=956753

Total award value £63,993.00

People (3)

Ms Kathryn Angus

Ms Kathryn Angus

Research Officer, Institute for Social Marketing

Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh

Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh

Associate Professor, Institute for Social Marketing

Dr Nathan Critchlow

Dr Nathan Critchlow

Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing

Outputs (4)

Article

Critchlow N, Stead M, Moodie C, Angus K, Eadie D & MacKintosh AM (2019) Difference between Recommended Retail Price and Sales Price for tobacco products in independent and convenience (small) retailers before and after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in the UK [Standardised packaging and RRP]. Tobacco Control, 28 (4), pp. 449-456. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054409


Article

Critchlow N, Stead M, Moodie C, Angus K, Eadie D & MacKintosh AM (2019) Pricing of tobacco products during, and after, the introduction of standardized packaging: An observational study of retail price data from independent and convenience (small) retailers in the United Kingdom [Tobacco pricing and standardised packaging]. Addiction, 114 (3), pp. 523-533. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14488