Grant Details
| Grant Number: | 5R01CA080288-05 Interpret this number |
| Primary Investigator: | Jason, Leonard |
| Organization: | De Paul University |
| Project Title: | The Effects of Laws on Youth Prevalence |
| Fiscal Year: | 2005 |
Abstract
Three thousand youngsters begin smoking every day, and smoking rates among adolescents are increasing. Restricting access to cigarettes and fining minors for possession of tobacco products could be effective strategies to reduce the rising rates of teenage smoking. It is unfortunate that the issue of whether or not minors are fined for possession of tobacco products has been infrequently studied, despite increasing interest among public health officials in this issue. It is possible that the combination of more consistent vendor enforcement and fining minors for possession of tobacco products is the optimal intervention for decreasing smoking prevalence rates among adolescents. The current proposed study will be a rigorous test of this hypothesis. The proposed study would examine the smoking habits of junior and senior high school students in 24 towns. Towns will be randomly assigned into two conditions. Half of the towns will receive regular vendor enforcement and will fine minors for tobacco possession, and the other towns will have vendor enforcements but will not fine minors. The towns in each condition will be matched for population size and median household income. It is predicted that the combined condition (i.e., the combination of vendor enforcements and fining minors for tobacco possession) will have significant influence on the students' rates of smoking, and that these rates will be most influenced in younger versus older minors. If these predicted findings do emerge, they will have an important influence on the ways in which public policy officials and community members consider interventions directed at lowering rates of smoking among their youth.
Publications
Youth tobacco access and possession policy interventions: effects on observed and perceived tobacco use.
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Adams M, Topliff A, Harris C, Hunt Y
Source: Am J Addict, 2009 Sep-Oct;18(5), p. 367-74.
PMID: 19874155
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA080288-01A2 |
MeSH Terms:
| Adolescent Behavior | Law Enforcement | Tobacco Use Disorder |
| Humans | Health Policy | Legislation, Drug |
| Students | Friends | Smoking |
| Consumer Participation | Schools | Perception |
| Commerce | Adolescent | Female |
| Male |
Effects of youth tobacco access and possession policy interventions on heavy adolescent smokers.
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Adams ML, Topliff A, Harris CC, Hunt Y
Source: Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2009 Jan;6(1), p. 1-9.
EPub date: 2008 Dec 23.
PMID: 19440265
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| Smoking | Illinois | Law Enforcement |
| Humans | Commerce | Adolescent |
Youth smoking status: perceptions versus measurements.
Authors: Bottom TL, Adams ML, Jason LA, Topliff A
Source: Am J Health Behav, 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6), p. 760-8.
PMID: 19320623
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| United States | Sensitivity and Specificity | Smoking |
| Questionnaires | Perception | Humans |
| Child | Adolescent | Male |
| Female |
Assessing police community readiness to work on youth access and possession of tobacco.
Authors: Kunz CB, Jason LA, Adams M, Pokorny SB
Source: J Drug Educ, 2009;39(3), p. 321-37.
PMID: 20196335
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| Smoking | Consumer Participation | Law Enforcement |
| Humans | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Police |
A randomized trial evaluating tobacco possession-use-purchase laws in the USA.
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Adams M
Source: Soc Sci Med, 2008 Dec;67(11), p. 1700-7.
EPub date: 2008 Oct 22.
PMID: 18947913
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA080288 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA080288-02 |
MeSH Terms:
| Adolescent Behavior | Illinois | Law Enforcement |
| Tobacco Use Disorder | Humans | Smoking Cessation |
| Child | Adolescent | Male |
| Female | Prevalence | Legislation as Topic |
Do fines for violating possession-use-purchase laws reduce youth tobacco use?
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Adams M, Hunt Y, Gadiraju P, Schoeny M
Source: J Drug Educ, 2007;37(4), p. 393-400.
PMID: 18351178
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| Smoking | Age Factors | Adolescent Behavior |
| Law Enforcement | Humans | Smoking Cessation |
| Minors | Adolescent | Male |
| Female |
Youth tobacco sales-to-minors and possession-use-purchase laws: a public health controversy.
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Muldowney K, Velez M
Source: J Drug Educ, 2005;35(4), p. 275-90.
PMID: 16910240
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| Smoking | Public Health | Law Enforcement |
| Humans | Tobacco | Minors |
| Commerce | Child | Adolescent |
| Prevalence |
Monitoring and decreasing public smoking among youth.
Authors: Jason LA, Pokorny SB, Sanem JR, Adams ML
Source: Behav Modif, 2006 Sep;30(5), p. 681-92.
PMID: 16894236
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| Smoking | Public Health | Humans |
| Smoking Cessation | Adult | Adolescent |
Factors influencing middle and high schools' active parental consent return rates.
Authors: Ji PY, Pokorny SB, Jason LA
Source: Eval Rev, 2004 Dec;28(6), p. 578-91.
PMID: 15486162
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA80288 |
MeSH Terms:
| United States | Age Factors | Schools |
| Consent Forms | Humans | Parental Consent |
| Child | Students | Adolescent |
