Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
J Adolesc Health. 2017 Sep;61(3):385-388. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.04.012. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
The purpose of the study was to determine from whom and where adolescents obtained tobacco, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and hookah.
California adolescents (N = 772; 63.19% female; mean age = 16.13 years, SD = 1.61; 26.44% white, 22.12% Asian/Pacific Islander, 36.65% Hispanic, and 14.79% other) were surveyed about their access to different tobacco products.
Adolescents were significantly more likely to obtain tobacco from friends (54.9%) than family members or direct purchasing (p < .001). Smoke shops were the most common purchase location across products (44.3%), with adolescents significantly more likely to purchase hookah and e-cigarettes from smoke shops than gas stations, liquor stores, or drug stores (p < .02).
The effective characterization of tobacco access patterns is critical to the development of comprehensive tobacco control. By demonstrating peers and smoke shops as the primary social and retail outlets, this study identifies targets for the optimization of regulation and messaging aimed at reducing adolescents' access to tobacco.
本研究旨在确定青少年从何处以及从何人处获取烟草,包括香烟、电子烟和水烟。
对加利福尼亚州的青少年(N=772;56.31%为女性;平均年龄为 16.13 岁,标准差为 1.61;26.44%为白人,22.12%为亚太裔,36.65%为西班牙裔,14.79%为其他族裔)进行了关于他们获取不同烟草制品的调查。
青少年从朋友处获取烟草的可能性(54.9%)显著高于从家庭成员或直接购买(p<.001)。对于所有产品,烟店都是最常见的购买地点(44.3%),青少年从烟店购买水烟和电子烟的可能性显著高于从加油站、酒类商店或药店购买(p<.02)。
准确描述烟草获取模式对于制定全面的烟草控制措施至关重要。本研究表明,同伴和烟店是青少年获取烟草的主要社交和零售渠道,这为优化旨在减少青少年获取烟草的监管和宣传措施指明了目标。