Table 1.

Products ordered and received by teens from internet cigarette vendors (N=68) and compliance with the Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA) bans on light and flavoured cigarettes

Product	Orders attempted n	Orders received n
Marlboro Reds or Golds*	39	7
Marlboro Lights†	24	10
Other brand light cigarettes†	28	7
Flavoured cigarettes‡	41	8

No orders failed due to age verification; most failures were due to problems processing payment; specific details are provided in figure 1.

^*Sales of Marlboro Reds or Golds are in compliance with the FSPTCA’s ban on cigarettes with misleading descriptors such as ‘light’.

^†Marlboro or other brand cigarettes specifically identified on the vendor website or the packaging with ‘light’ or other misleading descriptors are in violation of the FSPTCA.

^‡Any flavoured cigarettes sold were in violation of the FSPTCA ban on cigarettes with flavours other than tobacco or menthol.