How can a ban on tobacco sales to minors be effective in changing smoking behaviour among youth? - A realist review

Preventive Medicine
Paulien A W NuytsAnton E Kunst

Abstract

The aim of the study was to understand, from the perspective of youth, how and under which circumstances a ban on tobacco sales to minors can be effective in influencing youth smoking behaviour. We searched Medline, Embase, and PsychINFO in February 2016. A systematic search for studies about a ban on sales to minors and smoking behaviour was performed. Only studies that addressed potential mechanisms were included, resulting in thirty-three studies. We extracted evidence from 26 quantitative, 5 qualitative, and 2 mixed-methods studies, explaining how the ban may be effective in reducing smoking behaviour, and contextual factors that may influence these mechanisms. We identified two mechanisms and three contra-mechanisms. First, when direct access to commercial sources is limited, cigarette consumption may be reduced because minors have restricted access to commercial cigarettes. Minors' access to social sources and the various ways in which they continue to buy cigarettes by circumventing the ban, are two contra-mechanisms that undermine this effect. Second, when the ban is strongly enforced, an anti-smoking norm may be created and adolescents may smoke less as a result. One contra-mechanism may possibly undermine this effect:...Continue Reading

Citations

Jul 28, 2019·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Teresa LeãoAnton E Kunst
Aug 14, 2019·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Paulien A W NuytsAnton E Kunst
Jul 7, 2020·Clinical Anatomy : Official Journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists·Sasha N Zill
Sep 8, 2020·Clinical Anatomy : Official Journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists·Joydeep Dutta Chaudhuri
Sep 15, 2020·Tobacco Use Insights·Laetitia MinaryJennifer O'Loughlin
Aug 30, 2019·Current Cardiology Reports·Aditya BhaleraoLuca Cucullo
Jan 9, 2021·Tobacco Control·Yvette van der Eijk, Jacinta I-Pei Chen
Jun 22, 2021·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·Ana Clara DuranLindsey Smith Taillie

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Addiction

This feed focuses mechanisms underlying addiction and addictive behaviour including heroin and opium dependence, alcohol intoxication, gambling, and tobacco addiction.

Related Papers

Tobacco Control
Arnold H LevinsonT E Byers
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Nancy A Rigotti
JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association
L A JasonS H Birkhead
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved