Minors’ Access to
Cigarette Vending Machines
The September 2, 1994, issue of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
contains the article, "Minors’ Access to Cigarette Vending Machines -
Texas," which concludes that cigarette vending machines should be banned or severely
restricted.
The study also found the following:
- Vending machines are an anonymous way to purchase cigarettes and are an
important source of cigarettes for youth.
- Fifty-one percent of machines surveyed were in locations accessible to
children.
- Local ordinances restricting minors' access to vending machines have failed
to prevent cigarette sales to youth.
Vending machines are an easily accessible source of
cigarettes for adolescents who may be contemplating smoking or who are just beginning to
smoke. Vending machines are used most by younger adolescents.
MMWR
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Minors’ Access to Cigarette
Vending
Machines—Texas
43(34);625-627, September 02, 1994
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