未成年者にタバコをインターネットで販売する
Kurt M Ribisl1, Rebecca S Williams, Annice E Kim
1Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7440, USA. kurt_ribisl@unc.edu
JAMA
|September 11, 2003
まとめ
未成年者は簡単にオンラインでタバコを購入することができ,ほとんどのインターネットベンダーは年齢の確認を怠っています. この研究は,電子商取引プラットフォームを通じて未成年者のタバコへのアクセスが重大なリスクであることを強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 青少年の健康について
- タバコの禁煙対策について
背景:
- 未成年者がオンラインでタバコ製品にアクセスすることに関する懸念が高まっています.
- 小売業と比較して,未成年者にインターネットベースのたばこ販売に関する研究は限られている.
- オンラインタバコのマーケティングと販売に対する未成年者の脆弱性を評価する必要がある.
研究 の 目的:
- 未成年者に売っているオンラインタバコの販売者の割合を定量化するために.
- インターネット経由で未成年者のタバコ製品のアクセシビリティを調査する.
主な方法:
- 2001年4月から7月にかけて実施された横断的な研究.
- 11歳から15歳の青少年たちは,大人の監督のもと,12州の55のインターネット販売店から83本のタバコを購入しようとしました.
- クレジットカードで購入 (47件の試み) と,預金便 (36件の試み) を使った.
主要な成果:
- 未成年者は,クレジットカードでの購入の93.6%と,小切手での購入の88.9%で,たばこを購入することに成功しました.
- 出産者の年齢確認は行われませんでした.
- 合計1650パックのタバコが未成年参加者に届けられました.
結論:
- インターネットのタバコ販売業者は,未成年者がたばこに簡単にアクセスできるようにしています.
- 多くのオンラインベンダーは,不十分な,または存在しない年齢認証プロセスを提示しています.
- この研究は,未成年者のアクセスを防止するために,オンラインタバコの販売に関するより厳格な規制の緊急の必要性を強調しています.
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