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Titre :	Evaluation of an enforcement program to reduce tobacco sales to minors. (1998)
Auteurs :	K.M. CUMMINGS ; P.R. COPPOLA ; A. HYLAND ; T.F. PECHACEK ; J. PERLA ; T. SAUNDERS-MARTIN ; Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology. Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Buffalo NY. USA
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 88, n° 6, 1998)
Pagination :	932-936
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Tabagisme ; Vente ; Tabac ; Lutte antitabac ; Programme santé ; Prévention santé ; Evaluation ; Adolescent ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique du Nord ; Amérique
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST ZR0xjNva. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study evaluated an active enforcement program to increase retailers'compliance with the law prohibiting tobacco sales to minors. Methods. Tobacco sales to minors were monitored in 319 outlets in 6 pairs of communities in Erie County, New York. One community in each pair was randomly assigned to an enforcement intervention. Results. Retailers'compliance with the law increased from 35% in 1994 to 73% in 1995. However, the change in compliance rates was roughly the same for stores in the enforcement and nonenforcement communities. Conclusions. Active compliance checking of retail outlets as a strategy to reduce illegal tobacco sales to minors may only be necessary insofar as it contributes to an increase in retailers'perception that the threat of enforcement in real.

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