Locking devices on cigarette vending machines: evaluation of a city ordinance. | Zendy

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Locking devices on cigarette vending machines: evaluation of a city ordinance.

Author(s) -

Jean L. Forster,

Mary Hourigan,

Steven H. Kelder

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.9.1217

Subject(s) - enforcement , tobacco industry , advertising , smoking prevention , business , medicine , environmental health , law , smoking cessation , political science , pathology

Policymakers, researchers, and citizens are beginning to recognize the need to limit minors' access to tobacco by restricting the sale of cigarettes through vending machines. One policy alternative that has been proposed by the tobacco industry is a requirement that vending machines be fitted with electronic locking devices. This study evaluates such a policy as enacted in St. Paul, Minn.

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