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June 2002, Vol 92, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 940-941
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Are the Sales Practices of Internet Cigarette Vendors Good Enough to Prevent Sales to Minors?

Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD, Annice E. Kim, MPH and Rebecca S. Williams, MHS

The authors are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC. Kurt M. Ribisl is also with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440 (e-mail: kurt_ribisl@unc.edu).


   INTRODUCTION
 
With the emergence of Web sites selling tobacco products, there is concern that they may be selling tobacco products to minors. A 1997 report identified 13 Internet cigarette vendors and found that few asked or attempted to verify the buyer's age.1 Similarly, a study of 108 Internet cigar vendors found that only one third featured minimum age-of-sale warnings.2 The goal of the present study was to examine whether Internet vendors take adequate precautions to avoid selling cigarettes to minors.

Data were collected as part of a larger study on the sales practices of 88 Internet cigarette vendors that is described . . . [Full Text]


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