In the article "Accessibility to Minors of Cigarettes from
Vending Machines -- Broward County, Florida, 1996" (page 1036), the
confidence intervals (CIs) for the findings presented in the text
and Table 1 were incorrect. Below is (Table_1) with the
corrected
CIs; CIs in the text should have matched those presented in this
table.
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TABLE 1. Number of successful attempts by minors * to purchase cigarettes from
vending machines, by category -- Broward County, Florida, February-March 1996
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Successful attempts
No. -----------------------------
Category attempts No. (%) (95% CI +)
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Age (yrs)
<17 71 25 (35.2) (24.2%-47.5%)
17 32 9 (28.1) (13.8%-46.8%)
Sex of minor
Male 50 10 (20.0) (10.0%-33.7%)
Female 53 24 (45.3) (31.6%-59.6%)
Type of store
Bar 64 21 (32.8) (21.6%-45.7%)
Hotel/Motel 5 2 (40.0) ( 5.3%-85.3%)
Restaurant 27 8 (29.6) (13.8%-50.2%)
Other & 7 3 (42.9) ( 9.9%-81.6%)
Warning sign
Yes 84 30 (35.7) (25.6%-46.9%)
No 19 4 (21.1) ( 6.1%-45.6%)
Total 103 34 (33.0) (24.1%-43.0%)
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* Persons aged <18 years.
+ Confidence interval.
& Includes bowling lanes, country clubs, pool halls, and amusement centers.
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