Land Use Planning and the Control of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Fast Food Restaurants

We desired to understand how legal tools protect public health by regulating the location and density of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and fast food retail outlets. We reviewed the literature to determine how land use regulations can function as control tools for public health advocates. We found that...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2003-09, Vol.93 (9), p.1404-1408
Main Authors: Ashe, Marice, Jernigan, David, Kline, Randolph, Galaz, Rhonda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence
Alcoholic beverages
Biological and medical sciences
Cities
City Planning - legislation & jurisprudence
Commerce - legislation & jurisprudence
Community Health Planning - legislation & jurisprudence
Constitutions
Control
Fast food
Fast food industry
Federal court decisions
Firearms
Food Industry - legislation & jurisprudence
General populations
Government, Politics, and Law
Housing
Humans
Land use
Land use planning
Law Enforcement
Local Government
Medical sciences
Nutrition Policy
Ownership - legislation & jurisprudence
Planning
Police
Prevention and actions
Promotion
Public health
Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Restaurants - legislation & jurisprudence
Retailing
Tobacco
Tobacco Industry - legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Urban planning
USA
Zoning ordinances
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Summary:We desired to understand how legal tools protect public health by regulating the location and density of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and fast food retail outlets. We reviewed the literature to determine how land use regulations can function as control tools for public health advocates. We found that land use regulations are a public health advocacy tool that has been successfully used to lessen the negative effects of alcohol retail outlets in neighborhoods. More research is needed to determine whether such regulations are successful in reducing the negative effects of other retail outlets on community health.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1404