ReviewTobacco control2003
Teen penalties for tobacco possession, use, and purchase: evidence and issues.
Review in Tobacco control, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of youth tobacco access and possession policy interventions on heavy adolescent smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2009Trial
- A randomized trial evaluating tobacco possession-use-purchase laws in the USA.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2008Trial
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- Weak Age Restriction Enforcement and Retailer Proliferation Reveal Limits in Tobacco Control Policy.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of experts' views about multi-dimensional aspects of hookah smoking control in Iran.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Patterns, clusters, and transitions in U.S. state ENDS policy implementation: 2010-2020.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Tobacco 21 Laws and Youth Tobacco Use: The Role of Policy Attributes.American journal of public health · 2024Article
- Miscommunication about the US federal Tobacco 21 law: a content analysis of Twitter discussions.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- An Urgent Need for School-Based Diversion Programs for Adolescent Substance Use: A Statewide Survey of School Personnel.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Why staff at European schools abstain from enforcing smoke-free policies on persistent violators.Health promotion international · 2020Article
- Development of a tobacco 21 policy assessment tool and state-level analysis in the USA, 2015-2019.Tobacco control · 2020Review
- State and Territorial Laws Prohibiting Sales of Tobacco Products to Persons Aged <21 Years - United States, December 20, 2019.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2020Article
- Why Secondary Schools Do Not Implement Far-Reaching Smoke-Free Policies: Exploring Deep Core, Policy Core, and Secondary Beliefs of School Staff in the Netherlands.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Changing the Smoking Trajectory: Evaluating the Impact of School-Based Tobacco Interventions on Changes to Susceptibility to Future Smoking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Tobacco use patterns, knowledge, attitudes towards tobacco and availability of tobacco control training among school personnel from a rural area in Poland.Tobacco induced diseases · 2017Article
- Multiple Levels of Influence That Impact Youth Tobacco Use.Tobacco regulatory science · 2016Article
- State-level tobacco control policies and youth smoking cessation measures.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2010Article
- Media advocacy, tobacco control policy change and teen smoking in Florida.Tobacco control · 2007Article
- Minors' tobacco possession law violations and intentions to smoke: implications for tobacco control.Tobacco control · 2004Article
- Content analysis and key informant interviews to examine community response to the purchase, possession, and/or use of tobacco by minors.Journal of community health · 2004Article
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Abstract
A handful of empirical studies have related changes in youth smoking to popular laws that penalise tobacco possession, use, and purchase (PUP). In this paper, we review the literature and outline reasons why PUP laws may be unlikely to reduce youth smoking significantly at the population level. In theoretical terms, we argue that PUP laws lack important features required for punishment to be effective in changing behaviour. In practical terms, PUP transgressions seem difficult to detect. Conceptually, there is potential for PUP laws to undermine conventional avenues of discipline, such as the parent-child relationship and the school environment. Strategically, PUP laws may divert policy attention from effective tobacco control strategies, relieve the tobacco industry of responsibility for its marketing practices, and reinforce the tobacco industry's espoused position that smoking is for adults only. To assist further debate and discussion, we identify research issues requiring attention.
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