PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER ABOUT PRC RESEARCH POLICY STUDIES COMMUNITY ACTION You are here: Home / Policy Studies / Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco Policies to reduce youth access to tobacco products from commercial sources include (1) compliance checks and enforcement of underage tobacco sales laws, (2) increasing taxes of tobacco products, and (3) restricting number or location of tobacco outlets. These policies aim at decreasing opportunities to obtain or use tobacco and making tobacco socially unacceptable. We have studied the associations between such policies and youth tobacco use and beliefs. For example, results of our study in California showed that tobacco outlet density was more closely related to youth smoking when clean air policies were weaker.1 In another study, tobacco outlet density within 0.75-mile and 1-mile buffer of youth homes was positively associated with past-month cigarette smoking, after controlling for individual- and city-level covariates.2 Using access surveys conducted by 4 confederate buyers in 997 tobacco outlets, we identified associations between a wide range of retail and community factors and youth access to cigarettes through commercial sources.3 Results of our investigation can help to identify and target at-risk communities and outlets to decrease youth access to tobacco References cited: Lipperman-Kreda, S., Grube, J.W., & Friend, K.B (2012). Local tobacco policy and tobacco outlet density: Association with youth smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50, 547-552. PMCID: PMC3360878 Lipperman-Kreda, S., Mair, C., Grube. J.W., Friend, K.B, Jackson, P., & Watson, D. (2014). Density and proximity of tobacco outlets to homes and schools: Relations with youth cigarette smoking. Prevention Science, 15, 738-744. PMCID: PMC4029873 Lipperman-Kreda, S., Grube, J.W., & Friend, K.B (2014). Contextual and community factors associated with youth access to cigarettes through commercial sources. Tobacco Control, 23, 39-44. PMCID: PMC3578042 POLICY STUDIES Introduction Minimum Legal Drinking Age State Alcohol Controls Retail Availability of Alcohol Regulating Youth Access to Alcohol Smokefree Bar Policy Compliance Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco Legalization of Marijuana Role of School-Based Health Centers ASK AN EXPERT Fields marked with an * are required NAME * EMAIL * QUESTION OR COMMENT * CONTACT center@prev.org Prevention Research Center 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 601 Berkeley, CA 94704-1365 Tel: (510) 486-1111 PRC HIGHLIGHTS PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION PRC is a center within the Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE), an independent, nonprofit organization merging scientific knowledge and proven practice to create solutions that improve the health, safety and well-being of individuals, communities, and nations around the world. RESOURCE LINK FOR COMMUNITY ACTION Resource Link for Community Action provides information and practical guidance that communities can use to prevent alcohol and other drug misuse. For more information, contact Sue Thomas. COPYRIGHT © 2021 · PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER · WEBSITE: AMANDA MCCOY · LOG IN