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Statewide evaluation of youth access ordinances in practice: effects of the implementation of community-level regulations in Massachusetts.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health Management & Practice; Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 10 Issue 6, p481-489, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- The objectives of the study described in this article were to test whether community-level youth access ordinances reduce adolescents' perceived access to tobacco, purchase attempts, and tobacco use. A telephone survey was performed of a random sample of 3,831 Massachusetts adolescents linked to a database of all town-level youth access ordinances in the state. Respondents' perceived ease of access to tobacco, attempts to purchase tobacco, and tobacco use (ever smoking and current [past 30-day] smoking) were assessed. The association of these outcomes with the characteristics of youth access ordinances in the respondents' town of residence (n = 314) was tested in multilevel analyses that included town-level clustering, controlled for multiple individual and environmental characteristics, including a measure of community-level anti-smoking sentiment. Community-level youth access ordinances were not associated with adolescents' perceived access to tobacco, purchase attempts, or tobacco use, with two exceptions: (1) banning free-standing displays was associated with a 40% reduction in perceived access to tobacco (OR = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.4-0.9) and (2) a vending machine ban was associated a 30% higher report of perceived access to tobacco (OR = 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5). This study found no consistent associations between community-level youth access ordinances and adolescents' perceived access to tobacco, purchase attempts, or smoking prevalence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10784659
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health Management & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 106603278
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00124784-200411000-00002