Authors
Winickoff, Jonathan P.Hartman, Lester
Chen, Minghua L.
Gottlieb, Mark
Nabi-Burza, Emara
DiFranza, Joseph R.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2014-11-01Keywords
AdolescentAge Factors
Female
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Male
Marketing
Smoking
Tobacco Industry
Tobacco Products
United States
Young Adult
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Family Medicine
Health Services Research
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
Substance Abuse and Addiction
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The majority of tobacco use emerges in individuals before they reach 21 years of age, and many adult distributors of tobacco to youths are young adults aged between 18 and 20 years. Raising the tobacco sales minimum age to 21 years across the United States would decrease tobacco retailer and industry sales by approximately 2% but could contribute to a substantial reduction in the prevalence of youths' tobacco use and dependency by limiting access.Source
Am J Public Health. 2014 Nov;104(11):e18-21. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302174. Epub 2014 Sep 11. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302174Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30954PubMed ID
25211755Related Resources
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10.2105/AJPH.2014.302174