Empowering Retailers to Refuse to Sell Tobacco Products to Minors

Chen, Minli; Chou, Li-Na; Zheng, Ya-Cheng

doi:10.3390/ijerph15020245

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“…Furthermore, in the realm of law enforcement, the health tax can also be leveraged to impose more stringent penalties, enhance monitoring efforts, and provide counselling for sellers found illegally selling tobacco and alcohol to minors. (90)(91)(92).…”

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Political Economy Analysis of Health Taxes (Tobacco, Alcohol Drink, and Sugar Sweteened Beverage): Case Study of Three Provinces in Indonesia

Ahsan,

Amalia,

Rahmayanti

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Efforts to implement health tax policies to control the consumption of harmful commodities and enhance public health outcomes have garnered substantial recognition globally. However, their successful adoption remains a complex endeavour. This study takes a problem-driven political economy analysis (PEA) approach to investigate the challenges and opportunities surrounding health tax implementation, with a particular focus on sub-national government in Indonesia, where the decentralization context of health tax remains understudied. Employing a qualitative methodology by collecting data from a total of twelve focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted in three provinces—Lampung, Special Region of/Daerah Istimewa (DI) Yogyakarta, and Bali, each chosen to represent a specific commodity: tobacco, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and alcoholic beverages—we explore the multifaceted dynamics of health tax policies. These FGDs involved 117 participants, representing governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and consumers. Our findings reveal that while health tax policies have the potential to contribute significantly to public health, challenges such as a lack of consumer awareness, bureaucratic complexities, and decentralized governance hinder implementation. Furthermore, this study underscores the importance of effective policy communication. It highlights the importance of earmarking health tax revenues for public health initiatives. It also reinforces the need to see health taxes as one intervention as part of a comprehensive public health approach including complementary non-fiscal measures like advertising restrictions and standardized packaging. Addressing these challenges is critical for realizing the full potential of health tax policies.

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Political Economy Analysis of Health Taxes (Tobacco, Alcohol Drink, and Sugar Sweteened Beverage): Case Study of Three Provinces in Indonesia

Ahsan,

Amalia,

Rahmayanti

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Thus, the relevant government agencies and other stakeholders must carry out public sensitization and educational campaigns about the tobacco control laws in Nigeria. If these educational programs are effectively executed, they will positively influence vendors' compliance with the laws as it had been successfully used in other countries [36][37][38].…”

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Tobacco Vendors’ Perceptions and Compliance with Tobacco Control Laws in Nigeria

Fagbule,

Egbe,

Ayo-Yusuf

2023

IJERPH

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Tobacco vendors are critical stakeholders in the tobacco supply chain. This study examined their perception, compliance, and potential economic impact of Nigeria’s tobacco control laws related to the retail setting. This was a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews of 24 purposively selected tobacco vendors. The face-to-face interviews were aided by a semi-structured interview guide, audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis with NVivo version 12. Five themes emerged, encompassing reasons for selling tobacco, awareness, perception, compliance with tobacco sales laws, the potential economic impact of the laws, and law enforcement activities. Vendors commenced tobacco sales due to consumers’ demand, profit motives, and advice from close family relatives. They were unaware and non-compliant with most of the retail-related laws. Most participants had positive perceptions about the ban on sales to and by minors, were indifferent about the ban on Tobacco Advertising Promotion and Sponsorships (TAPS) and product display, and had negative perceptions about the ban on sales of single sticks. Most vendors stated quitting tobacco sales would not have a serious economic impact on their business. In conclusion, the vendors demonstrated limited awareness and non-compliance with various retail-oriented tobacco control laws in Nigeria. Addressing these gaps requires targeted educational campaigns and effective law enforcement strategies to enhance vendors’ compliance.

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“…It was suggested that the competent authorities could prevent retailers from selling tobacco products to adolescents in the future by enhancing regular inspections of stores with lower compliance, conducting amendments, and enhancing education training for staff as well as internal norms in tobacco-selling places [ 32 , 33 , 34 ].…”

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A Long-Term National Survey of Compliance with the Ban on Selling Tobacco Products to Adolescents of Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act

Chiu

Lai

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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The data on long-term trends and factors of tobacco retailers’ compliance in Taiwan are limited. The new regulations of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act were established in 2009. Now, the government is planning to raise the minimum legal age (MLA) for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 20, so the results of this study will be an important reference to promote new regulations in the future. We carried out an observational mystery shopping study design and data were collected from 2009 to 2019. In total, 6320 undercover tests were conducted to investigate selling by tobacco retailers to persons aged less than 18 years by an impartial third party annually. Logistic regression was used to analyze the factors influencing compliance by adjusting test variables and independent variables. The compliance rate increased by 8.4% annually and was better among tests conducted during summer vacation (AOR = 1.324), chain convenience stores (AOR = 3.651), supermarkets or hypermarkets (AOR = 1.973), and verifications with age (AOR = 15.345). It is the first study to explore long-term and national tobacco retailers’ enforcement effects by an impartial third party in Asia. The findings suggest that local health agencies should enhance enforcement on those stores which were tested during non-summer holidays and weekends, betel nut stands, and grocery stores.

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Empowering Retailers to Refuse to Sell Tobacco Products to Minors

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Political Economy Analysis of Health Taxes (Tobacco, Alcohol Drink, and Sugar Sweteened Beverage): Case Study of Three Provinces in Indonesia

Political Economy Analysis of Health Taxes (Tobacco, Alcohol Drink, and Sugar Sweteened Beverage): Case Study of Three Provinces in Indonesia

Tobacco Vendors’ Perceptions and Compliance with Tobacco Control Laws in Nigeria

A Long-Term National Survey of Compliance with the Ban on Selling Tobacco Products to Adolescents of Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act

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