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Tobacco Control 2000;9(Supplement 2 ):ii15-ii17; doi:10.1136/tc.9.suppl_2.ii15
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Tob Control 2000;9(Suppl II):ii15-i17 ( Summer )

Minors' access to tobacco before and after the California STAKE Act

Hope Landrinea, Elizabeth A Klonoffa, Astrid Reina-Pattonb

a San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA, b California State University, San Bernardino, California, USA

Correspondence to: Dr Hope Landrine, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4611, USA; HLandrine{at}msn.com.

OBJECTIVE---To assess the effect of implementation and enforcement of the California STAKE Act on minors' access to tobacco by examining sales over time in the same stores.
DESIGN---Sixteen year old girls and boys attempted to purchase cigarettes in the same 72 stores, in the same manner, in five time periods: August 1994 (before implementation of legislation); August 1995 (immediately after implementation); August 1996; March 1998; and January 1999 (all postimplementation).
OUTCOME MEASURE---Percentage of successful cigarette purchases over time, in different ethnic communities.
RESULTS---Minors' access rate decreased significantly from 41.2% before implementation of legislation (1994) to 12.7% after implementation (1998). The same stores were 3-5 times more likely to sell cigarettes to minors before than after the legislation was implemented, irrespective of ethnic census tract.
CONCLUSIONS---The California STAKE Act and its enforcement have been effective in reducing minors' access to tobacco in all ethnic communities.


Keywords: minors' access; STAKE Act; ethnicity

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Good article, excellent study but has major errors of fact along with less serious omissions
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