Annotated Bibliography: Tobacco's Impact on Vulnerable Populations

This annotated bibliography presents a collection of articles and publications examining the complex relationship between the tobacco industry and marginalized communities. The included sources delve into how the tobacco industry targets vulnerable populations, such as the homeless, mentally ill, and specific racial groups, exploring the implications of this targeting on public health and social inequalities. The bibliography covers various aspects, including marketing strategies, the impact on youth, the influence of social and economic factors, and the role of policy and government interventions. The articles analyze the patterns of tobacco use, the effects of advertising, and the health disparities associated with tobacco consumption within these communities, offering insights into the challenges and potential solutions for addressing these issues. This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the research on tobacco's impact on vulnerable groups, drawing from a variety of journals and publications to provide a detailed understanding of the topic.

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1. Apollonio, D. E., and Ruth E. Malone. "Marketing to the marginalised: tobacco
industry targeting of the homeless and mentally ill." Tobacco control 14.6 (2005): 409-
415.
Database: Tobacco Control
Name of the Journal Publication: Tobacco Control
Article full title: Marketing to the marginalised: tobacco industry targeting of the homeless
and mentally ill
Year of article publication: 2005
Year research was conducted: 2005
Location of Research: San Francisco
Intended audience: A research paper for the students of social and behavioral science
Keywords: Tobacco, marginalized, mental health, industry
Article Summary: the article gives an overview about the relationship between the
economically marginalized communities or the mentally ill people and the tobacco industry.
The article focuses on how the tobacco industry has targeted this market and to what extent
the health organizations are acting in order to reduce the ill effects(Apollonio, Ruth, Malone
pg 409). Taking a qualitative approach of experiment by reviewing data base of previous
journals and the second hand data, the article comes to the finding that the tobacco industry
deliberately target this community.
Importance of the article in this research: the article is a good source of research in our case
since this gives an insight about the target market of the tobacco industry and their influence
on the economically marginalized section.

2. Frohlich, Katherine L., et al. "Creating the socially marginalised youth smoker: the
role of tobacco control." Sociology of health & illness 34.7 (2012): 978-993.
Data Base: Wiley Online Library
Name of Journal: Sociology of health and illness
Article full Name: Creating the socially marginalised youth smoker: the role of tobacco
control.
Year of article publication: 2012
Year research was conducted: 2007-2008
Location of Research: Canada
Intended audience:
Keywords: smoking, tobacco, government, social inequalities
Article Summary: The article discusses how the smoking discourse is affecting the socially
marginalized class and the youth of Canada (Frohlich, Katherine, et al pg 978-993). The article
discusses on the structural and social condition under which people smoke and how the youth of
the society are forming the socially marginalized smokers.
Importance of article: the article is a good source for our research as it sheds light on the mental
and societal factors that lead to smoking and how the tobacco industry benefits from that.
3. Allaste, Airi-Alina, and Mikko Lagerspetz. "Drugs and doublethink in a marginalised
community." Critical Criminology 13.3 (2005): 267-285.
Data base: Springer
Name of Journal: Critical Chronology

Article Full Name: Drugs and doublethink in a marginalised community
Year of article publication: 2005
Year research was conducted: 2005
Location of Research: Narva, Russia
Intended audience: Estonian Institute of Humanities
Keywords: illegal drug, secondary school student, mutual trust, doublethink
Article Summary: the article gives an idea about the pattern of the illicit drug use in a place
called Narve in Russia. The article focuses on the problematic industrial area and shows how
the youth of the place are provoked in the drug abuse. The article also shows the lack of
knowledge among the parents and the indifference of the government (Allaste, Airi-Alina
and Lagerspetz pg 267-285).
Importance of the article: the article is important in the sense that it provides an insight to the
influences on the youth in smoking and the influences of the local adult communities. The
article is also helpful in understanding the required measures to prevent this.
4. Yerger, Valerie B., Jennifer Przewoznik, and Ruth E. Malone. "Racialized geography,
corporate activity, and health disparities: tobacco industry targeting of inner
cities." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18.6 (2007): 10-38.
Database: John Hopkins University Press
Name of the Journal: John Hopkins University Press
Full name of article: Racialized geography, corporate activity, and health disparities: tobacco
industry targeting of inner cities.
Year of article publication: 2007

Year research was conducted: 2007
Location of Research: America
Intended audience: this was a peer reviewed paper for the John Hopkins University
Keywords: Tobacco Industry, African-American, smoking, inner city Geography
Article Summary: the article discusses about the drug related disease that are spread by the
tobacco industry in the inner cities of USA particularly the ones dominated by the African-
American (Yerger, Valerie, Przewoznik, and Malone. Pg 10-38). The article reviews the
documents of various tobacco industries and explores how the race, economy and the social
status of these areas have been the target of the industry. The article also shows that the
tobacco industry has to a large extent contributed to the racial history. (Yerger, Valerie,
Przewoznik, and Malone. Pg 10-38)
Importance of the article: the article is important for the research since it focuses on the racial
aspect of the growth of tobacco consumption along with the economical factor.
5. Storholm, Erik David, et al. "Cigarette smoking as part of a syndemic among young
men who have sex with men ages 13–29 in New York City." Journal of Urban
Health 88.4 (2011): 663.
Data Base: Springer
Name of Journal: J. Urban Health
Full name: Cigarette smoking as part of a syndemic among young men who have sex with men
ages 13–29 in New York City.
Year of article publication: 2011
Year research was conducted: 2011

Location of Research: New York
Intended audience: Online audience
Keywords: YMSM, Tobacco, cigarettes, gay and bisexual
Article Summary: the article focuses on the fact that the young male who have sex with other
men are more prone to be addicted to tobacco or cigarettes (Storholm, David, et al. pg 663). The
researcher undertook an analysis to examine cigarette smoking in relation to demographic factors
and other risk behaviors among 580 YMSM, ages 13–29, in New York City. Cross-sectional data
were collected as part of larger study of risk behaviors using palm devices and targeted active
recruitment strategies across all five boroughs of the city.
Importance of the article: the article is an important source of information as it gives an insight
on the relation between sexual orientation and sexual partners and the consumption of tobacco.
This will help our research to take into account the repeated contexts.
6. Wakefield, Melanie, et al. "Smokers' responses to television advertisements about the
serious harms of tobacco use: pre-testing results from 10 low-to middle-income
countries." Tobacco Control 22.1 (2013): 24-31.
Data base: tobacco control
Name of Journal: Tobacco Control
Full Name: Smokers' responses to television advertisements about the serious harms of tobacco
use: pre-testing results from 10 low-to middle-income countries.
Year of article publication: 2013
Year research was conducted: 2013

Location of Research: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia,
Turkey and Vietnam
Intended audience
Keywords: television, advertisement, geography, smoking
Article Summary: By conducting a large scale experiment, the article focuses on the response of
the smokers on the advertisements that re aired showing the ill effects of smoking. The images of
the diseases are proved to have a great impact on the viewers. Ads that contains highly medical
terms are however less effective (Wakefield, Melanie, et al. pg 24-31).
Importance: the importance of the article is on the fact that it shows a relationship between the
socially and economically marginalized countries and the visual graphics of the advertisements
that communicate the serious hazards of tobacco smoking.
7. Kresl, Peter Karl, and Balwant Singh. "Competitiveness and the urban economy:
twenty-four large US metropolitan areas." Urban studies 36.5-6 (1999): 1017-1027.
Data base: Urban Studies
Name of Journal: Urban Studies
Full Name: Competitiveness and the urban economy: twenty-four large US metropolitan areas.
Year of article publication: 1999
Year research was conducted: 1998
Location of Research: US
Intended audience
Keywords: competitiveness, metropolitan cities, economy, industry

Article Summary: the article reviews the competing market in the US metropolitan areas and the
effect of such competition on the localities (Kresl, Karl, and Singh pg1017-1027).
Importance: the article helps in the identifications of the determinants of the margianlised cities
of USA.
8. Baxter, Ellen, and Kim Hopper. "The new mendicancy: homeless in New York
City." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 52.3 (1982): 393.
Data base: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Name of Journal: Community service society of new york
Full Name: The new mendicancy: homeless in New York City
Year of article publication: 1982
Year research was conducted: 1982
Location of Research: New York
Intended audience: this was peer reviewed paper
Keywords: homeless, mentally ill, population, new York
Article Summary: the article reviews the population growth of the homeless and vagabonds in
the New York City. This paper argues that in the absence of safe and accessible shelter,
rehabilitation efforts are doomed to failure (Baxter, Ellen, and Hopper pg 393). It is suggested
that clinicians could play a critical advocacy role.
Importance: the article is important in our research to get an insight of the population and the
condition of the mentally ill people of new York who are more prone to be addicted to the
tobacco and other drugs.

9. Main, Thomas J. "The Homeless of New York." Housing the Homeless. Routledge, 2017.
82-105.
Data base: N/A
Name of publication: Routledge
Full Name: The Homeless of New York." Housing the Homeless
Year of article publication: 2017
Year research was conducted:
Location of Research:
Intended audience: this was peer reviewed paper
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Summary of the book: the book give s a review on the condition of the homeless people in New
York. The book describes the economic condition as well as the mental condition of the people
that has rendered this homelessness (Main, Thomas).
10. Gunn, Ray. The Decline of Authority: Public Economic Policy and Political
Development in New York State, 1800-1860. Cornell University Press, 2019.
Database: N/A
Name of Publication: Cornell University Press
Full Name: The Decline of Authority: Public Economic Policy and Political Development in
New York State, 1800-1860.
Year: 2019

Location: New York State
Intended audience: public
Keywords: N/A.
Summary: the book deals with the developments of the public policies and the political
happenings of New York that shaped the socio economic condition of the state (Ray). This book
also overviews the political implications that shapes the Legal system of the state.
Importance: the book is instrumental in the present research as it bears an comprehensive idea of
legal and political condition that shapes the economy. Economy is an essential factor in the
research.