Historique
Article de Périodique
The illegal sale of cigarettes to US minors: estimates by state (1994)
Auteur(s) :
CUMMINGS, K. M. ;
PECHACEK, T. ;
SHOPLAND, D.
Année
1994
Page(s) :
300-302
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
AGE MINIMUM LEGAL
;
MINEUR
;
ADOLESCENT
;
TABAC
;
CIGARETTE
;
VENTE
;
AGE
;
TAXE
;
LEGISLATION
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Résumé :
Data available from recent national surveys on the cigarette consumption and purchasing practices of teenage smokers were used to generate state-specific estimates of the number of teenage smokers and cigarette sales to minors. In 1991, approximately 2.7 million teenage cigarette smokers consumed an average of 28.3 million cigarettes per day (516 million packs per year). An estimated 255 million packs of cigarettes were sold illegally to minors in 1991. To make cigarettes and other tobacco products less accessible to minors, policymakers should consider implementing various legislative and economic measures such as banning cigarette vending machines and raising tobacco excise taxes.
Affiliation :
Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA