Jump to full article: California LGBT Tobacco Education Partnership , 2008-10-05
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Intro: Findings for prohibiting pharmacies from selling tobacco products.
1. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States[1] and the leading risk factor contributing to the burden of disease in the world’s high income countries[2]; . . .
9. The Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee for California, as well as the American Pharmacists Association, the California Pharmacists Association, and the California Medical Association have called for the adoption of state and local prohibitions of tobacco sales in drug stores and pharmacies[13];
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14. Only 13.2% of chain drugstore pharmacists are in favor of tobacco products being sold in drugstores[19];
15. In a 2003-2004 national survey of pharmacy students, only 3.5% were in favor of tobacco sales in pharmacies. These findings were aligned with the 2003 resolution of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy that encourages pharmacy schools to use only experiential sites that do not sell tobacco product[20]; and
16. Pharmacies and drugstores are among the most accessible and trusted sources of health information among the public.
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