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    Retailers that Sold Tobacco to Underage Youth and Young Adults

    Metadata Updated: November 23, 2025

    This dataset includes two data tables that contain the percentage of licensed tobacco retailers that sold tobacco to underage youth and young adults: (1) Tobacco Sold to Youth Under 18, and (2) Tobacco Sold to Young Adults Under 21. The California Youth Tobacco Survey (YTPS), conducted between 1997 and 2018, assessed the rate of illegal tobacco sales to youth under the age of 18. Due to California raising the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old, YTPS was replaced with the Synar Tobacco Purchase Survey (STPS) in 2019. STPS is an annual survey that assesses the rate of illegal tobacco sales to young adults under the age of 21 years of age. Both surveys were conducted in accordance with the California’s Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act (STAKE Act) and the federal Synar Amendment.

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    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date November 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date November 23, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Public Health
    Maintainer
    Identifier f98d52ee-8795-49bd-a78f-77ed95180197
    Data First Published 2017-06-16T22:10:05.426600
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-07T05:30:21.268634
    Category Health and Human Services
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Object Id ee37a6d7-98f5-4378-9f17-b90220f2c1e4
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f1f7e2017d1d47747ef8a1cc455cca46f3e5b507a6493e0f14e20fd437dd4c46
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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