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. Section 308(a) of the California Penal Code and the STAKE Act prohibits the sale of tobacco and tobacco accessories, including e-cigarettes, to anyone under the age of 21. Active military personnel who are at least 18 years of age are exempt, but must present a valid, unexpired id card issued by the U.S. Armed Forces. The minimum age to buy tobacco in the U.S. before 2019 varied by state and territory.
As of December 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21, after a federal bill was passed in Congress in December 2019 and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The California Tobacco Retailer Poll (CTRP) was a telephone survey conducted in January 2017, 7 months after Q21 went into effect. Retailers were randomly selected from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration`s (CDTFA) list of tobacco retail licenses, which is stratified by region. A sample of 1454 respondents responded to the survey. The adjusted response rate was 29.8% with a cooperation rate of 53.5%. A statewide field survey last year found that two-thirds of California voters support an increase in tobacco taxes. But looking at the history of tobacco sales in the United States, it`s clear that the idea that 18 is a reasonable age for a person to buy cigarettes — or that 21 is a particularly high barrier — is relatively new. It wasn`t until before World War I that cigarette manufacturers managed to fight back and convey the idea — something that can still be heard today in disputes over California`s new law — that a man who could fight should also be able to smoke, and moreover, that cigarettes were essential to the morale of the American soldier. In the years following this war and the end of World War II, many states abandoned their age limits.
Cigarettes were actively marketed to young people, they were largely socially acceptable and, as Apollonio and Glantz report, the tobacco industry had decided in the 1960s that 18 years was a reasonable limit to fight. Provides evidence that there is a very high level of awareness and support for California`s T21 law among tobacco retailers, clerk training and implementation of the law was simple, and the majority of retailers agree that raising the minimum age for sales will reduce tobacco use among teens. A major report by the Institute of Medicine last year concluded that if all states raised the age of tobacco to 21, the number of adolescent and young adult smokers would decrease by 12 percent. The CATS online questionnaire asked respondents to report 30 days of consumption of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco, large cigars, little cigars or cigarillos, tobacco pipes and hookah. The reported use of one of these tobacco products by respondents for at least 1 day in the past 30 days was classified as a current tobacco user. 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. In addition, the FDA can sue a tobacco non-sale order (NTSO) against retailers who have a total of five or more repeated violations of certain restrictions within 36 months. Retailers are prohibited from selling regulated tobacco products at the specified location for the duration of the NNTB.
