Williams Rebecca S, Phillips-Weiner K Jean, Vincus Amy A
Rebecca S. Williams, Research Associate, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. K. Jean Phillips-Weiner, Research Assistant, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Amy A. Vincus, Research Analyst, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Tob Regul Sci. 2020 Mar;6(2):152-163. doi: 10.18001/trs.6.2.6.
In our cross-sectional study, we aimed to determine age verification and sales of little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) online to underage teens.
We selected 100 popular Internet Little Cigar and Cigarillo Vendors (ILVs) for order attempts. From August to December 2015, we supervised 14 teens 14-17 years old making order attempts for LCCs.
Of the 91 valid orders attempted, we received 89. For the valid orders attempted, 9.9% of ILVs used no age verification strategies at all, 84.6% used less effective forms of age verification, and 50.5% used more effective ones. Only one order was blocked during the order attempt and only one attempt was made to verify age at delivery. Most (79.8%) deliveries were left at the door and only 2 order attempts were rejected because of age verification strategies, resulting in a successful or valid buy rate of 97.8%.
Our study demonstrated that ILVs selling LCCs were not making adequate efforts to verify the age of their customers, at the point-of-sale or point-of-delivery, facilitating easy access by minors. Few ILVs utilized age verification strategies that prevented online sales of LCCs to underage teens.
在我们的横断面研究中，我们旨在确定在网上向未成年青少年销售小雪茄和小雪茄烟（LCC）的年龄验证情况。
我们挑选了100家热门的互联网小雪茄和小雪茄烟供应商（ILV）进行订购尝试。2015年8月至12月，我们监督了14名14至17岁的青少年尝试订购LCC。
在尝试的91份有效订单中，我们收到了89份。对于尝试的有效订单，9.9%的ILV根本没有使用年龄验证策略，84.6%使用了效果较差的年龄验证形式，50.5%使用了效果较好的形式。在订购尝试期间只有一份订单被拦截，在交货时只有一次尝试进行年龄验证。大多数（79.8%）货物被放在门口，只有2次订购尝试因年龄验证策略被拒绝，导致成功或有效购买率为97.8%。
我们的研究表明，销售LCC的ILV在销售点或交货点没有做出足够努力来验证客户年龄，这使得未成年人很容易获得LCC。很少有ILV采用能防止向未成年青少年进行LCC在线销售的年龄验证策略。
