Objective Children consume about one third of their daily energy at school, mostly from
cafeteria food and bag lunches. Students also shop at studentrun stores that generate …

Psychosocial tobacco use prevention programs are based on the assumption that refusal
skills training will have a suppressive effect on the onset of use by enabling non-using …

Objective-To assess the effectiveness of a retailer educational campaign in reducing the
illegal sale of cigarettes to minors in San Diego County, California, USA. Design-A pre-test …

This study reports the sales rate of cigarettes to minors in San Diego County, and
investigates factors associated with cigarette sales to minors. Two hundred and ninety-four …

The prevalence of overall or “generic” tobacco use among Hispanic, white, Black and Asian
youths in grades four, seven, ten and twelve was compared in San Diego, California (n …

The present study extended the results of previous research in applying the “stages of
acquisition” model to the onset of smokeless tobacco as well as cigarette use. Three expert …

Despite state laws prohibiting the purchase of tobacco by minors, the ease with which
underage youth can purchase cigarettes has been documented nationwide. The public …

Objective-To investigate the role of self-service tobacco displays in increasing youth access
to tobacco through shoplifting and illegal sales. Methods—Telephone surveys were con …

Documented tobacco advertising and other indices at stores to determine the environmental
support for tobacco within the community. Seven indices were used to measure each store …

The study examined the effectiveness of a psychosocial tobacco use prevention intervention
with a refusal skills training component on the refusal skills of high-risk adolescents, and …