Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for free access to the SAGE eReference platform!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hahn, E. J.
Right arrow Articles by Nunley, V.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Hahn, E. J.
Right arrow Articles by Nunley, V.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, Vol. 8, No. 2, 140-147 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1527154407303500

Enforcement of Tobacco Purchase, Use, and Possession Laws in Four Kentucky Communities

Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN

University of Kentucky Colleges of Nursing and Public Health

Carol Riker, MSN, RN

University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Karen M. Butler, DNP, RN

University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Sarah Cavendish, PhD

University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Paul Lewis, LTC

Brooke Army Medical Center

U.S. Army, PhD, APRN-C

Lisa W. Greathouse Maggio, MSN, RN

Tobacco Policy Research Program, and instructor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Veronica Nunley, MA, CPP

Tobacco Environmental Strategies Prevention Enhancement Site, Ashland, KY

This case study examined the implementation and enforcement of the purchase, use, and possession (PUP) laws for tobacco in four Kentucky communities. Purposive and snowball sampling were used to identify 44 adult key informants. Qualitative, semistructured phone interviews assessed knowledge about PUP laws, enforcement, effects of the laws on teen tobacco use, and perceptions about the laws. Seven themes were identified: enforcement not a priority, unaware of enforcement authority, spotty enforcement, other sources of tobacco, minimum penalties, confusion about compliance checks, and schools as de facto enforcers. One community went beyond the statutory requirements of the law and created more stringent penalties for violating the use and possession law, and it also had low illegal sales rates. These laws may be more effective if they are enforced strictly with a meaningful penalty and a clear enforcement strategy.

Key Words: smoking • adolescents • public policy • youth tobacco access


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?