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Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 6, 733-748 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/109019810102800606

Impact Study of Tobacco Possession Law Enforcement in Florida

William C. Livingood, PhD

Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.; NGAGE, Inc., Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082: phone: (904) 272-2480, fax: (904) 273-1680William_Livingood{at}doh.state.fl.us

Carolyn D. Woodhouse, EdD, MPH

Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Judy Jopling Sayre, MAJC

Duval County Health Department, University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

Peter Wludyka, PhD

University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

This study of tobacco possession law enforcement was conducted in four selected counties in Florida, the first state to report statistically significant annual declines in youth tobacco use during the 1990s. The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of possession enforcement on youth attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors by comparing results of a survey administered in high-enforcement counties with results from low-enforcement counties and by examining the survey results for relationships of tobacco use to perceptions and awareness of laws and enforcement activity. The survey was administered to a sample of 2,088 randomly selected youth, in conjunction with a qualitative study of law enforcement officials reported elsewhere. Findings indicate that possession enforcement, as a component of comprehensive tobacco control, appears to help reduce youth tobacco use and may be a critical component of the most successful youth tobacco prevention program, documented in the previous decade.


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