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en or lly to a restaurant most Bowling machine eys(11%)tand gasostations aooften. vending (11%)are also popular locations. Those who use over-the-counter locations often or occasionally gave their reasons for this usage. There were three main reasons: they are convenient (31%), they will sell them to the teens (18%), and they prefer these locations because they dislike +ending machines. Those who seldom or never bought over-the-counter did not buy from this source more frequently primarily because they were underage and felt they would be asked for an 1D or hassled in some other way (59r%). Teens who bought from vending machines often or occasionally found this source to be attractive because no one will stop them from buying cigarettes this way (56%). The teens who seldom or never bought from vending machines did not buy there because they felt that these machines were not conveniently located (48%) and cigarettes in machines were more expensive than those sold in stores (35%). Difficulties Encountered When Trying To Buy Cigarettes The teens who buy cigarettes (often, occasionally or seldom) were asked if they had ever been prevented from buying cigarettes. Three in five of them had, with more 13 year olds having been refused (71%) than 17 year Olds (50%). Those who had been refused were asked if they had been refused when buying over-the-counter and/or from a vending machine. Virtually all of these teens (9890) had been refused when buying over-the-counter, while about one in nine (11%) had been prevented from buying from a vending machine for a reason other than that the vending machine was broken. Teen Awareness of Cigarette Purchasing Laws Three-quarters of the teens (76i'o) were aware of a state law which prohibited certain kinds of people from buying cigarettes. When asked what the law said almost everyone (95%1 indicated that it required the residents to be a certain age in order to buy cigarettes. 4