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Restricting Minors’ Access to Tobacco Products: Retailer Education with Reinforcement and Information on Health Consequences When Used Alone

These interventions aim to increase retailer compliance with prohibitions on tobacco sales to minors through repeated educational messages and feedback on retailer performance. The educational component can include follow-up that either rewards compliance or punishes non-compliance with sales laws based on periodic unannounced compliance checks. In most cases, these interventions include information on the health consequences of tobacco use.

Summary of Task Force Recommendations & Findings

The Community Preventive Services Task Force finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of retailer education providing reinforcement and information on health consequences when implemented alone in reducing minors’ access to tobacco because no studies qualified for review.

Task Force Finding

Results from the Systematic Reviews

No studies qualified for the review.

  • The review identified two studies in which retailer education with reinforcement was used alone – neither study met inclusion criteria for the review.
  • Neither of these studies evaluated differences or changes in youth tobacco use or purchase behaviors.

These findings were based on a systematic review of all available studies, conducted on behalf of the Task Force by a team of specialists in systematic review methods, and in research, practice and policy related to tobacco use.

Economic Review

An economic review of this intervention was not conducted because the Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine its effectiveness.

Supporting Materials

Publications

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Tobacco. Adobe PDF File [PDF - 3.63KB] In : Zaza S, Briss PA, Harris KW, eds. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health? Atlanta (GA): Oxford University Press;2005:3-79.

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Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Restricting minors’ access to tobacco products: retailer education with reinforcement and information on health consequences. www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/restrictingaccess/REwithreinforcement.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.

Review completed: June 2001