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The Impact of Purchase, Use, and Possession
Laws on Social Sources of Tobacco Products
Ellen Hahn, D.N.S.,
Principal Investigator;
Carol Riker, M.S., Co-investigator
Funded by ALERT Regional Prevention Center
(2002-2003)
Abstract
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Research Question: How do social sources of tobacco
products vary based on different implementation strategies
for purchase, use, and possession (PUP) laws in four
Kentucky communities?
Methods: Exploratory study
using multiple data sources and qualitative methods.
Potential Questions:
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Are youth, parents, schools,
and tobacco coordinators aware of the PUP law?
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How do youth, parents,
schools, and tobacco coordinators perceive the PUP law?
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To what extent is the PUP law
being enforced?
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How much does it cost per
year to enforce the PUP law?
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What is the variation in
penalties by county?
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If there are
diversion/education programs, what is the quality of
those programs?
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What is the effect of the PUP
and youth access laws on sources of tobacco? Have they
changed as a result?
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What is the effect of KY PUP
law on school policies and parental controls?
Phase I (Fall 2002): Key
informant interviews with law enforcement (including ABC
officers), school, health department officials, and parents
in the four communities using snowball sampling. The purpose
of the interviews will be to describe the nature of
implementation of the PUP laws, how they are enforced,
penalties, attitudes toward the effectiveness of the laws,
and whether enforcement activities have diverted resources
away from other tobacco control activities.
Phase II (Spring 2003):
Focus groups with youth smokers (grades 8-12) in the four
communities. Youth will be recruited using suggestions from
the key informants in Phase I. Groups of 8-10 youth smokers
will participate in a 1-hour session to discuss their
perceptions of the PUP laws in Kentucky and how they obtain
tobacco products. Each youth participant will be asked to
complete an anonymous written survey on where they obtain
tobacco products.
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