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County public health finds 33% compliance failure in youth tobacco decoy stings; follow-up training planned
Summary
A Public Health decoy survey found 6 of 18 retailers sold tobacco to an underage decoy (about 33%); staff reported follow-up education, on-site training for violations and plans for more compliance checks tied to the county's tobacco retail licensing ordinance.
Del Norte County Public Health presented the results of a young-adult tobacco purchase survey (YATPS) that tested retailer compliance with age-of-sale regulations and local tobacco-retail licensing.
Crystal Yang, health education coordinator for the county tobacco-use-prevention program, said county staff conducted educational outreach to retailers before carrying out a December decoy operation. Using a trained…
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