Is Canadian federal legislation effective in preventing youth access to vaping initiation products? A study using secret shoppers and online access in three Alberta cities
| Autor: | Lea Restivo, Kirsten Ebbert, Ally Hays-Alberstat, Mark A Anselmo, Mary-Claire M. Verbeke, Simonne Horwitz, Cameron Mackay, Juliet R. Guichon, Christopher J. Doig, Sebastian Kilcommons, Ian Mitchell, Seong Eon Ha, Lorcan Cooke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Youth access
Nicotine vaping initiation product lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Health Informatics Legislation Advertising Regular Article Minor (academic) Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Canada 2018) Product (business) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Online purchasing attempt 030212 general & internal medicine Business Retail secret shopper |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 19, Iss, Pp 101117-(2020) Preventive Medicine Reports |
| ISSN: | 2211-3355 |
| Popis: | Highlights • 120 ‘improper’ secret shopper visits, 3 cities, to buy nicotine vaping initiation products. • Vendors willing to sell in 42.5% of shop visits. • Minors’ online purchasing attempts aided by deliverers and non-descriptive packaging. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Canada, 1997) (the “TVPA”) aims to protect the health of young persons by restricting access to vaping products. We studied whether the TVPA achieves this goal by sending young ‘secret shoppers’ to 120 shops in Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer to attempt to buy nicotine-based vaping-initiation products, and by asking minors to purchase the same product online. We used three ‘improper’ shop scenarios: 1. a minor or minors; 2. a young adult with no or invalid identification (“ID”); and 3. a young adult with valid ID but clearly buying for an accompanying minor. Of total vendors, 42.5% (51/120) were willing to sell to the young people (p |
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