Which adults do underaged youth ask for cigarettes?
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 89 (10), 1561-1564
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.89.10.1561
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study identified adults' demographic and smoking behavior characteristics that are related to being asked to provide tobacco to a minor. METHODS: Telephone interviews were conducted with 6352 California adults. Predictors included age, sex, household income, and smoking status. RESULTS: Only 10.1% of California adults had been asked to provide tobacco to a minor in the previous year. Fewer than 3% of individuals 55 years and older had been asked to provide tobacco, but among younger smokers 59.0% of 18- and 19-year-olds and 39.3% of 20- to 24-year-olds had been approached. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to reduce the social availability of tobacco are needed.Keywords
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