Availability of Tobacco to Youth Via the Internet
- 21 April 2004
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 291 (15) , 1837
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.291.15.1837
Abstract
To the Editor: The number of Internet tobacco vendors continues to increase,1-4 with 195 such Web sites identified in 2003.2 Because teenagers and other minors frequently use the Internet1 and online tobacco vendors rarely verify purchasers' age,1-4 it is possible that minors can readily purchase tobacco products from the Internet.Keywords
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