| Autor: |
Sebastian Kilcommons, Simonne Horwitz, Seong Eon Ha, Kirsten Ebbert, Lea Restivo, Mary-Claire M. Verbeke, Ally Hays-Alberstat, Lorcan Cooke, Cameron Mackay, Mark Anselmo, Ian Mitchell, Christopher J. Doig, Juliet R. Guichon |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 101117- (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-3355 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101117 |
| Popis: |
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 |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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