Evaluation of an Enforcement Program to Reduce Tobacco Sales to Minors.

Autor:	Cummings, K. Michael, Hyland, Andrew, Saunders-Martin, Tina, Perla, Jeanne, Coppola, Peter R., Pechacek, Terry F.
Předmět:	TOBACCO laws SALES NICOTIANA SMOKABLE plants PSYCHOTROPIC plants COMMERCIAL law
Zdroj:	American Journal of Public Health; Jun98, Vol. 88 Issue 6, p932-936, 5p, 1 Chart
Abstrakt:	Objectives. This study evaluated an active enforcement program to increase retailers' compliance with the law prohibiting tobacco sales to minors. Methods. Tobacco sales to minors were monitored in 319 outlets in 6 pairs of communities in Erie County, New York. One community in each pair was randomly assigned to an enforcement intervention. Results. Retailers' compliance with the law increased form 35% in 1994 to 73% in 1995. However, the change in compliance rates was roughly the same for stores in the enforcement and nonenforcement communities. Conclusions. Active compliance checking of retail outlets as a strategy to reduce illegal tobacco sales to minors may only be necessary insofar as it contributions to an increase in retailers' perception that the threat of enforcement is real. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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