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Members of the
B.O.L.D. Coalition's Teens
Against Drug Abuse (TADA) planned and conducted a survey of public
perceptions of the availability of tobacco products that are often
obtained by young people who want to
avoid the health risks and higher cost of cigarettes. Even though it
is illegal for people under the age of 18 to purchase tobacco products,
many youth manage to obtain them. Given the high cost of cigarettes,
mainly due to state and federal taxes, many
young people have turned to purchasing small cigars and cigarillos.
Youth also obtain blunt cigars to use
in smoking marijuana. These purchases help to maintain addiction to
nicotine and accompanying short and long-term health risks including
cancers of the oral cavity, larynx, esophagus, and lung. TADA hopes to use
the results of the November 2010 survey to advocate for greater
restrictions on the sales of such products. Click
here for a tobacco project organized by TADA several years ago. Click
here for photos of the TADA Sticker Shock project. For more
information about TADA, contact SSTAR
TADA advisor Lance Tehan at
508-235-2312. |
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(Top row) TADA advisor Lance Tehan meets with members of Teens Against Drug Abuse (TADA) members at the BOLD headquarters on Stanley Street to work out details of the survey procedure. (Middle row) Kellen Gonsalves, Amber Valentin and Markus Watson set up a table at Government Center to survey members of the public regarding tobacco sales. (Bottom row) Lisa Golden and Steve Parr participate in the survey of perceptions of the cost and ease of availability of the tobacco products shown in the sample display. |
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