Factors Associated With Tobacco Sales to Minors
JAMAPublished 9 August 2000
Pamela I. Clark, Sharon L. Natanblut, Carol L. Schmitt, Charles Wolters, Ronaldo Iachan
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It is found that a request for age verification strongly predicted compliance with the law and the results suggest several ways in which the process of compliance checks might be optimized.
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This analysis found that a request for age verification strongly predicted compliance with the law. The results suggest several ways in which the process of compliance checks might be optimized. JAMA. 2000;284:729-734
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