通过互联网向未成年人销售香烟
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
概括
未成年人可以很容易地在网上购买香烟,大多数互联网供应商未能验证年龄. 这项研究强调了未成年人通过电子商务平台获取烟草的重大风险.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 控制烟草的控制方式
背景情况:
- 越来越多的人担心未成年人在网上接触烟草制品.
- 与零售相比,对网上向未成年人销售烟草的研究有限.
- 需要评估未成年人对在线烟草营销和销售的脆弱性.
研究的目的:
- 量化在线香烟销售商向未成年人销售的百分比.
- 通过互联网调查未成年人通过互联网获得烟草制品的可能性.
主要方法:
- 在2001年4月至7月期间进行的横截面研究.
- 在成年人监督下,11-15岁的青少年试图从12个州的55家互联网卖家购买83支香烟.
- 购物是使用信用卡 (47次尝试) 和汇款 (36次尝试) 进行的.
主要成果:
- 在93.6%的信用卡购买和88.9%的汇款购买中,未成年人成功获得了香烟.
- 对任何分娩都没有进行年龄验证.
- 共有1650包香烟交付给未成年参与者.
结论:
- 网上卷烟商为未成年人提供了轻松获得烟草的机会.
- 许多在线供应商表现出不充分或不存在的年龄验证过程.
- 该研究强调,迫切需要对网上烟草销售进行更严格的监管,以防止未成年人接触.
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