ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018
Impact of New York City's 2014 Increased Minimum Legal Purchase Age on Youth Tobacco Use.
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- E-cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students in New York City Before and After Passage of Tobacco 21.Tobacco use insights · 2022Article
- E-cigarette and cigarette purchasing among young adults before and after implementation of California's tobacco 21 policy.Tobacco control · 2021Article
- Support for Minimum Legal Sales Age Laws Set to Age 21 Across Australia, Canada, England, and United States: Findings From the 2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Trends in the Age of Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Young Adults in the US From 2002 to 2018.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Development of a tobacco 21 policy assessment tool and state-level analysis in the USA, 2015-2019.Tobacco control · 2020Review
- An Increase in the Tobacco Age-of-Sale to 21: For Debate in Europe.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Adults' attitudes toward raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco products to 21 years, United States, 2014-2017.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Tobacco-21 laws and young adult smoking: quasi-experimental evidence.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Observational
- Association of Peer Influence and Access to Tobacco Products With U.S. Youths' Support of Tobacco 21 Laws, 2015.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the impact of New York City's (NYC's) 2014 increase of the minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) for tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 years.
methodsWe performed a difference-in-differences analysis comparing NYC to the rest of New York State by using repeated cross-sections of the New York Youth Tobacco Survey (2008-2016) and to 4 Florida cities by using the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (2007-2015).
resultsAdolescent tobacco use declined slightly in NYC after the policy change. However, this rate of change was even larger in control locations. In NYC, e-cigarette use increased and reported purchases of loose cigarettes remained unchanged, suggesting uneven policy implementation, enforcement, or compliance.
conclusionsIncreasing the MLPA to 21 years in NYC did not accelerate reductions in youth tobacco use any more rapidly than declines observed in comparison sites. Public Health Implications. Other cities and states currently raising their MLPA for tobacco may need to pay close attention to policy enforcement and conduct enhanced monitoring of retailer compliance to achieve the full benefits of the policy.
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