Is the prevalence of youth smoking affected by efforts to increase retailer compliance with a minors' access law?
Is the prevalence of youth smoking affected by efforts to increase retailer compliance with a minors' access law?
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DOI：
10.1080/1462220031000118595
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发表时间：
2003-08-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Giovino, GA
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作者：
Cummings, KM;Hyland, A;Giovino, GA
这项研究将青少年吸烟行为的测量与零售商遵守未成年人烟草获取法的社区水平指标相关联。这项研究于1992年至1996年在纽约伊利县的12个社区进行。零售商的合规性进行了评估，有青少年试图购买烟草制品在持牌烟草销售网点在1994年秋季和1995年秋季实施后，积极的执法计划。社区分为两类：（a）在1994年至1995年期间，零售商遵守率增加了200%或更多，（B）在1995年零售商遵守率增加了80%或更多。1992年和1996年进行的以学校为基础的调查评估了公立学校九年级学生的烟草使用行为。1994年至1995年期间，所有12个社区的零售商遵守情况平均增加了155%。1995年，12个社区中有6个社区的零售商遵守率超过80%。青少年吸烟行为的指标没有显着不同的社区，增加他们的零售商遵守率超过或低于200%。1992年至1996年期间，在零售商遵守率至少达到80%的6个社区中，过去30天吸烟的流行率保持稳定，其余社区略有增加。1992年至1996年期间，在零售商遵守率至少达到80%的社区中，经常吸烟的流行率有所下降，而在未能达到这一比率的六个社区中，经常吸烟的流行率略有上升。零售商遵守未成年人准入法的比例很高，这似乎导致青年人更多地依赖非商业性香烟来源，并可能对青少年吸烟率，特别是频繁吸烟产生了很小的影响。
This study correlated measures of youth smoking behavior with community-level indicators of retailer compliance with a minors' tobacco access law. The study was carried out between 1992 and 1996 in 12 communities in Erie County, New York. Retailer compliance was assessed by having adolescents attempt to purchase tobacco products in licensed tobacco-selling outlets in fall 1994 and fall 1995 after implementation of an aggressive enforcement program. Communities were grouped in two ways: (a) those that did or did not increase retailer compliance rates by 200% or more between 1994 and 1995 and (b) those that did or did not achieve an 80% retailer compliance rate in 1995. School-based surveys conducted in 1992 and 1996 assessed the tobacco use behaviors of ninth-grade public school students. Between 1994 and 1995, retailer compliance increased in all 12 communities by an average of 155%. In 1995, six of the 12 communities achieved retailer compliance rates in excess of 80%. Indicators of youth smoking behavior did not vary significantly between communities that increased their retailer compliance rates by more or less than 200%. The prevalence of past 30-day smoking remained stable between 1992 and 1996 in the six communities that achieved a retailer compliance rate of at least 80% and increased slightly in the remaining communities. The prevalence of frequent smoking decreased between 1992 and 1996 in the communities that achieved a retailer compliance rate of at least 80% and increased slightly in the six communities that failed to achieve this rate. Achieving a high rate of retailer compliance with a minors' access law appears to have caused youths to rely more on noncommercial sources of cigarettes and may have had a small effect on adolescent smoking prevalence, especially frequent smoking.