Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws

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This report reviews recent efforts to limit youth access to cigarettes through enforcement of federal and state laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors. Under the federal Synar Amendment, states must conduct compliance checks and enforce their minimum age-of-sale laws or risk losing block grant funds

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Redhead, C. Stephen & Austin-Lane, Joy August 19, 1998.

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This report reviews recent efforts to limit youth access to cigarettes through enforcement of federal and state laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors. Under the federal Synar Amendment, states must conduct compliance checks and enforce their minimum age-of-sale laws or risk losing block grant funds

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Redhead, C. Stephen & Austin-Lane, Joy. Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws, report, August 19, 1998; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs515/: accessed December 10, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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