title: Investigating race, gender, and access to cigarettes in an adolescent population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine race and gender as potential predictors for access to cigarettes and purchasing behaviors among an adolescent population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from a survey administered to 4336 high school students. The significance was examined using the  chi-square test, with a P-value ≤.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Noncommercial outlets were the primary source of cigarette acquisition for white students; African American students were more likely than white students to use commercial sources to acquire cigarettes; females were more likely to report  not being asked to show proof of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions designed to reduce youth access to tobacco must address racial and gender differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. cproctor@uga.edu
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: Jessie Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muilenburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult