| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 16 Youth access to tobacco |
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| The tobacco industry "is strongly opposed to federal regulations requiring states to |
| effectively enforce their laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. ...the Tobacco |
| Institute has circulated a model state bill concerning underage tobacco sales. These |
| bills strip communities of enforcement authority while making effective enforcement by |
| state officials virtually impossible. The evidence strongly suggests an industry |
| strategy to undermine efforts to enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. |
| As has been the case in the past, the tobacco industry is publicly endorsing a socially |
| responsible goal while apparently taking action behind the scenes to ensure that the |
| goal is not achieved..." "Although the tobacco industry claims that it is working to halt |
| the illegal sale of tobacco to minors, an examination...of the legislation it supports |
| suggests that it is, in fact, doing a great deal to sabotage efforts to institute meaningful |
| enforcement of laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. The enactment of so |
| many weak, pre-emptive laws represents a severe blow to public health efforts to |
| reduce the illegal sale of tobacco to children." |
| Tobacco Control, Summer 1996, pp. 127-130 (Joe DiFranza) |
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| "A licensing system for tobacco retailers is a key component in implementing an |
| effective policy for preventing youth access to tobacco. A licensing system has three |
| major benefits: (1) it provides for license suspension or revocation as a penalty, which |
| provides additional motivation for retailers to comply with the law (this process is |
| similar to that used to control the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors); (2) it helps to |
| identify most establishments that sell tobacco, thus facilitating compliance checks; |
| and (3) licensing fees can generate a source of funds to pay for enforcement." |
| "License suspension or revocation provides stronger economic deterrent than fines to |
| retailers who violate youth access laws. With this greater economic stake in |
| enforcement, retailers are more likely to monitor themselves and to provide or |
| participate in merchant and employee education programs." |
| Stop the Sale, Prevent the Addiction |
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