Sustained effects of an educational program to reduce sales of cigarettes to minors.
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 81 (7) , 891-893
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.81.7.891
Abstract
We report 1-year follow-up data from a sample of stores participating in a 6-month community-wide educational effort to reduce cigarette sales to minors in Santa Clara County, California. The proportion of over-the-counter sales to minors at the 1-year follow-up illustrated that although statistically significant reductions were maintained 6 months after the intervention ended, recidivism occurred. Suggestions for achieving long-term reductions in sales to minors are offered.Keywords
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