Stanwick R S, Fish D G, Manfreda J, Gelskey D, Skuba A
CMAJ. 1987 Sep 1;137(5):405-8.
People who start to smoke as children put themselves at greater risk of dying prematurely or being disabled by tobacco-induced disease. One solution is to restrict children's access to cigarettes, thereby reducing consumption of the product and, ultimately, damage to health. This study found that in 1985 the majority of Manitoba public school children 8 to 15 years of age who smoked "regularly" (defined as usually every day) obtained their cigarettes from stores. This source could be reduced, if not eliminated, were a federal regulation passed in 1908 enforced. Under Canada's Tobacco Restraint Act it is illegal for merchants to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 16 years. By implementing this existing law, authorities would not only be keeping the profit from almost a million dollars in cigarette sales in Manitoba alone out of tobacco company coffers but also be having an impact on the leading cause of preventable premature death and disability in Canada.
儿童时期开始吸烟的人过早死亡或因烟草诱发疾病而致残的风险更大。一种解决办法是限制儿童获取香烟，从而减少该产品的消费量，并最终减少对健康的损害。这项研究发现，1985年，曼尼托巴省大多数8至15岁“经常”（定义为通常每天）吸烟的公立学校儿童从商店获取香烟。如果1908年通过的一项联邦法规得到执行，这种获取渠道即使不能消除，也可以减少。根据加拿大的《烟草限制法》，商家向16岁以下任何人出售烟草是违法的。通过执行这项现行法律，当局不仅能让烟草公司无法从仅曼尼托巴省就近100万美元的香烟销售利润中获利，还能对加拿大可预防的过早死亡和残疾的主要原因产生影响。
