Titre : | Laying down the law: reducing illegal tobacco sales to minors in central Harlem (1998) |
Auteurs : | D. H. GEMSON ; H. L. MOATS ; B. X. WATKINS ; M. L. GANZ ; S. ROBINSON ; E. HEALTON |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | American Journal of Public Health (Vol.88, n°6, June 1998) |
Article en page(s) : | 936-939 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés TABAC ; LEGISLATION ; VENTE ; INTERVENTION ; MINEUR ; ADOLESCENT ; ETUDE RANDOMISEE ; EFFICACITE |
Résumé : |
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the impact of educational and enforcement interventions on retailers' sale of tobacco to minors in Central Harlem, New York.
METHODS: In a randomized trial with repeated measures, 152 stores were randomly divided into control, education, and enforcement groups. RESULTS: Overall tobacco sales to 12- and 13-year-old minors at baseline (98%) were among the highest in the nation. At 6-month and 1-year follow-ups, decreases in rates of tobacco sales to minors were modest among education stores and substantial among enforcement stores. CONCLUSIONS: Effective reduction of tobacco sales to minors may require ongoing enforcement measures, including fines for retailers who violate state and local laws. |
Domaine : | Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 35 |
Affiliation : | Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA |
Lien : | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508216/?tool=pubmed |
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