In the article "Accessibility to Minors of Smokeless Tobacco
Products -- Broward County, Florida, March-June 1996" (page 1079),
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 attempts and number and percentage of successful attempts
by minors * to purchase smokeless tobacco, + by category -- Broward County,
Florida, March-June 1996
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Successful attempts
No. ---------------------------
Category attempts No. (%) (95% CI &)
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Age (yrs)
<17 110 37 (33.6) (24.9%-43.3%)
17 15 3 (20.0) ( 4.3%-48.1%)
Sex of minor
Male 75 25 (33.3) (22.9%-45.2%)
Female 50 15 (30.0) (17.9%-44.6%)
Type of store
Pharmacy 33 10 (30.3) (15.6%-48.7%)
Convenience 20 17 (85.0) (62.1%-96.8%)
Grocery 25 3 (12.0) ( 2.5%-31.2%)
Gas 41 9 (22.0) (10.6%-37.6%)
Smoke shops @ 6 1 (16.7) ( 0.4%-64.1%)
Warning sign
Yes 96 30 (31.3) (22.2%-41.5%)
No 29 10 (34.5) (17.9%-54.3%)
Total 125 40 (32.0) (23.9%-40.9%)
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* Persons aged <18 years.
+ Snuff or loose-leaf or fine-cut chewing tobacco.
& Confidence interval.
@ Businesses where the predominant merchandise is tobacco or tobacco-related products.
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