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Article de Périodique
Restricting the retail supply of tobacco to minors (2009)
Auteur(s) :
TUTT, D. ;
BAUER, L. ;
DiFRANZA, J. R.
Année :
2009
Page(s) :
68-82
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
33
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Thésaurus géographique
AUSTRALIE
Thésaurus mots-clés
TABAC
;
MINEUR
;
ADOLESCENT
;
VENTE
;
ENQUETE
;
PREVALENCE
;
INTERVENTION
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
DEBIT DE TABAC
Résumé :
To examine the impact of enforcement of age-restricted tobacco sales on adolescent tobacco purchasing and smoking, we compared the Central Coast intervention area to the rest of New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. We collected data on students in school years 7-12 from triennial health surveys at baseline in 1993 through 2002. Attempts by minors to purchase tobacco in the intervention area declined by 73.6 per cent between 1993 and 2002. Between 1993 and 1996 the prevalence of smoking declined in the Central Coast intervention area, while remaining unchanged in NSW as a whole and nationally (P
Affiliation :
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Gosford, NSW, Australia