Long-Term Findings from Woodridge in Reducing Illegal Cigarette Sales to Older Minors
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Vol. 19 (1) , 3-13
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016327879601900101
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to assess the effectiveness of an enforcement program in reducing cigarette sales to older minors in a community that had been successful in reducing illegal sales of cigarettes to younger minors. Cigarette sales rates were monitored over a 3-year period with quarterly compliance testing in Woodridge, Illinois. Sales rates for older minors werefound to be only slightly higher than those of younger minors with one exception. Thesefindings suggest that the enforcement of cigarette control laws is an effective means by which access to cigarettes can be reducedforbothyoungerand olderminors.Keywords
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