Assessing the Effectiveness of Tobacco 21 Laws to Reduce Underage Access to Tobacco: Protocol for a Repeated Multi-Site Study

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Mary Hrywna¹  Amanda Y. Kong³  Christopher Ackerman¹  Daniel P. Giovenco⁵  Torra E. Spillane⁵  Joseph G. L. Lee⁶  Shawna V. Hudson⁷  Cristine D. Delnevo¹ 

[1] Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies, Rutgers University;Department of Health Behavior, Society & Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health;Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;TSET Health Promotion Research Center, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health;Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University;Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

关键词: tobacco;    e-cigarettes;    cigarettes;    cigars;    smokeless tobacco;    tobacco-free nicotine pouches;    youth;    young adults;    policy;    prevention;   

DOI  :  10.3390/mps6020027

学科分类：电力

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Prior to the federal law passed in December 2019, many states passed an increased age of sale law prohibiting youth under age 21 (or Tobacco 21) from purchasing tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Although previous research has documented tobacco retail sale violations, fewer studies have examined age verification and illegal tobacco sales in the context of Tobacco 21 or repeated purchase attempts in various settings. In this study conducted between 2019 and 2022, buyers aged 18 to 20 years made repeated unsupervised purchase attempts of cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, tobacco-free nicotine pouches, and smokeless tobacco at over 180 tobacco or e-cigarette retailers in New Jersey, New York City, and Pitt County (North Carolina). Buyers documented whether they were asked for identification and whether they were able to successfully purchase a tobacco or nicotine product at each visit. The primary outcome will be the percent of retailers that checked the buyers’ identification at store visits and the percent of visits that resulted in a successful underage tobacco product purchase. We will compare the results across time periods, study sites, products, and buyer characteristics (i.e., gender, minoritized racial/ethnic identity) while controlling for repeated visits. These results will inform improvements to current compliance check inspection programs as well as interventions that reduce youth access to tobacco.

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