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Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes: Ethical Acceptability of US "Tobacco 21 Laws"

American journal of public health (1971), 2017-09, Vol.107 (9), p.1401-1405 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright American Public Health Association Sep 2017 ;American Public Health Association 2017 2017 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303900 ;PMID: 28727531

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Title:
Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes: Ethical Acceptability of US "Tobacco 21 Laws"
Author: Morain, Stephanie Rubino ; Malek, Janet
Subjects: Acceptability ; Adolescent ; Adolescent Health ; Age ; Age Factors ; AJPH Law & Ethics ; Cigarette smoking ; Cigarettes ; Commerce - ethics ; Commerce - legislation & jurisprudence ; Critics ; Electronic cigarettes ; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - adverse effects ; Ethics ; Freedoms ; Government Regulation ; Health Law ; Humans ; Prevention ; Public health ; Public Health - ethics ; Retail sales ; Sales ; Secondary school students ; Smoking ; Smoking cessation ; Smoking Prevention ; Tobacco ; Tobacco Control ; Tobacco Products - adverse effects ; Voting rights ; Young adults ; Youth
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2017-09, Vol.107 (9), p.1401-1405
Description: Several US jurisdictions have recently passed laws that raise the minimum age of sale for tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to 21 years (Tobacco 21 laws). Although these laws have been demonstrated to be an effective means to reduce youth smoking initiation, their passage and potential expansion have provoked controversy. Critics have objected to these laws, claiming that they unduly intrude on individual freedom and that they irrationally and paternalistically restrict the freedom of those aged 18 to 20 years, who were previously able to legally purchase tobacco products. We have examined the ethical acceptability of Tobacco 21 laws. First, we have described ethical support for such a restriction grounded in its public health benefit. We have then offered arguments that raise doubts about the soundness of critics' objections to these regulations and described an additional ethical justification arising from concern about preventing harm to others. On the basis of this analysis, we conclude that Tobacco 21 laws are ethically justifiable.
Publisher: United States: American Public Health Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303900
PMID: 28727531
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes: Ethical Acceptability of US "Tobacco 21 Laws"

Copyright American Public Health Association Sep 2017 ;American Public Health Association 2017 2017 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303900 ;PMID: 28727531

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