A survey on the purchase of electronic cigarettes for young adults (YAEPS), in which young adults between the ages of 18 and 19 tried to buy electronic devices to smoke. To reduce travel costs, postal codes with geographical proximity to the postal codes selected for YATPS were identified, and then all tobacconists in the selected postal code were selected for YAEPS. California has significantly reduced tobacco use since California`s tobacco control program began in 1989. California has an adult smoking prevalence of 10.5% in 20151; However, California still has 3.2 million adult cigarette smokers,1 2 more than the population of 21 other states.2 A law that raised the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21 was enacted in 2016 to further reduce tobacco initiation and use among teens and young adults. This law, known as „Tabac 21“ or „T21“, came into force on June 9, 2016. The law also expanded the definition of tobacco products to include electronic smoking devices and required retailers selling electronic smoking devices to obtain a tobacco retail license from the State of California by January 1, 2017. To gain support for the passage of the law, active military personnel of the U.S. Armed Forces were exempted from the new minimum age limit for sale. The law also does not apply to Native American tribal lands. Findings The survey results suggest that the high level of awareness and support for the law may have helped curb illicit tobacco sales to youth under the age of 18 and ensure widespread compliance among retailers with the new law, which prohibits sales to young adults under the age of 21. Like other studies, the California Survey of Tobacco Buying Among Teens Ages 15 to 16 confirms that T21 is a promising strategy to reduce teens` access to tobacco products.5 There has been a significant decline in illicit tobacco sales to teens ages 15 to 16. Prior to Q21, the YTPS RVR had remained unchanged since 2009, suggesting that the T21 Act played a role in the reduction.15 The significant decline in sales at pure tobacco shops from 31.8% to 12.0% was particularly encouraging.
California has passed a law that raises its smoking age from 18 to 21 for most of its citizens. You must be at least 21 years of age to purchase tobacco or tobacco-related products (for example, cigarette paper, tobacco utensils, smoking instruments, or the consumption of tobacco products) in the State of California. The original bill prohibited anyone under the age of 21 from buying tobacco products, but some argued that if 18-year-olds can be conscripted or volunteer to fight for their country and die, they should be allowed to buy tobacco products. California is still in the early stages of implementing and understanding the impact of its T21 law. Preliminary results show that, despite the short implementation period, tobacco traffickers and young adults have experienced a very high level of knowledge of the law. The survey results suggest that the high level of awareness and support for the law may have helped reduce illicit tobacco sales to youth under the age of 18 and ensure widespread compliance with T21 by retailers. As demonstrated by New York City retailers` compliance with regulations, vigilance and strengthening are needed to maintain and improve compliance with tobacco sales to people under the age of 21.6 Studies that model the public health impact of raising the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21 suggest that reducing tobacco use, of low and preterm births and chronic diseases depends on compliance with strict compliance.8 Awareness and support for the law, throughout the tobacco retail continuum, owners, managers and employees are essential to ensure good compliance with the law. Seven months after the implementation of California`s T21 law, awareness of the law was very high (98.6 percent) among tobacco retailers, managers, and employees, with more than 60 percent supporting the law and 66 percent agreeing that people who started smoking 21 years ago are becoming addicted to tobacco products.
In addition, 85.6% agreed that it was easy to comply with the law, and 90.7% said it was easy to train staff to comply with the law. However, nearly 58% of retailers said they had received at least one complaint per month about the law. Of particular concern, 23.6% of retailers said they watch the pat on the back at least once a month, suggesting that education efforts should discourage people over the age of 21 from buying tobacco products for minors. Table 4 presents the OAR for RVRs by store type and region for each purchase survey. In adapted models, vape stores (AOR, 3.66; P=0.025) and pure tobacco retailers (AOR, 6.13; P<0.001) are much more likely to sell electronic smoking devices in YAEPS compared to convenience stores that sell gasoline, the most common type of tobacco retailer. In addition, the probability of selling traditional tobacco in yatps is significantly lower in orange (AOR, 0.45; P=0.007), Alameda (AOR, 0.21; S<0.001), san francisco peninsula and Northern Bay areas (AOR, 0.24; P<0.001), north coast, Shasta waterfall and eastern Sierra Nevada (AOR, 0.50; P=0.063) and the Sacramento region (AOR, 0.15; P<0.001), compared to Los Angeles. Comparing the YTPS before T21 and after T21, there was a significant change in the RAV for RVR for pure tobacco retailers (P = 0.006) and "other" retailers (P = 0.005) compared to convenience stores that sell gasoline when checked for other factors. To protect the health of employees, California Labor Code Section 6404.5 prohibits smoking in the workplace. It is illegal to smoke in a closed room of a workplace. The enclosed space includes lobbies, lounges, waiting rooms, elevators, stairwells and toilets, which are a structural part of the building. YTPS and YATPS lures tried to buy cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, large cigars or chewing tobacco; YAEPS lures tried to buy cigalikes, e-liquids/e-juices or other electronics to smoke. The journeyman researcher recorded the type of dealer, whether the lure had been requested for his age or for identification, and tobacco sales.
The data was recorded on paper surveys for the YTPS before T21 and on portable electronic devices with SurveyPocket (Survey Analytics, San Francisco, California, USA) for the others. On the 20th. In December 2019, the President signed a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act and raise the minimum age for the sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21. This law (known as „Tobacco 21“ or „T21“) came into effect immediately, and it is now illegal for a retailer to sell tobacco products – including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes – to anyone under the age of 21. The new federal minimum age for sale applies to all retail stores and individuals without exception. Table 1 presents the results of the CTRP, with 98.6% of retailers aware of T21 and 60.6% in favour of T21. In addition, 66.2% of retailers agreed that people who started smoking 21 years ago become addicted to tobacco products. Most retailers found it easy to train staff (90.7%) and comply with Q21 (85.6%). More than half of retailers said they heard complaints from people under the age of 21 at least once a month, and nearly a quarter observed monthly „pat on the back“ where a minor asks an adult stranger inside or outside the store to buy tobacco for them. Hawaii was the first state to change the smoking age to 21 Introduction California law, which raises the minimum age for selling tobacco to 21, went into effect on June 9, 2016. This law, known as „Tobacco 21“ or „T21,“ also expanded the definition of tobacco to include electronic smoking devices. This document describes the T21 evaluation plan and the initial results of the evaluation.
Data from the Tobacco Purchase Survey also suggest extensive compliance with the T21 Law regarding the sale of tobacco to young adults aged 18 to 19.