Evaluation of Restrictions on Tobacco Sales to Youth Younger Than 21 Years in Cleveland, Ohio, Area.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Tobacco 21 (T21) policies raise the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 years to curb youth access to tobacco products. While some studies have found that T21 is associated with reducing prevalence of youth tobacco use, little is known about the impact it may have on youth of different racial and ethnic identities.

Objective

To evaluate the association of T21 policy with the prevalence of high school youth tobacco use across sex, race, and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used representative survey data collected from the local biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey from 2013 to 2017 comparing Cleveland, Ohio (which has a T21 policy), to proximal jurisdictions in the first-ring suburbs in Cuyahoga County (which do

SUBMITTER: Trapl E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature