Storing tobacco products out of sight in convenience outlets “significantly” lowers susceptibility to cigarette use among teenagers, according to a Rand Corporation study.

Researchers employing a laboratory replica of a convenience store found an 11 per cent reduction in cigarette susceptibility among teens when the wall of tobacco products normally found in such outlets was hidden. Findings of the study, funded by the Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products and the National Cancer Institute, are to be published in Tobacco Control, Rand said in a statement.