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Alcohol and Tobacco Control commissioner briefs committee on enforcement, vape seizures and permit volumes

Committee on Judiciary B · March 17, 2026
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Chad Brown, commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, briefed the committee on ATC operations: ATC issues roughly 27,000 permits, has about 68 employees, conducts about 15,000 inspections per year, and recently seized tens of thousands of illicit vape and tobacco products during a coordinated enforcement month.

Chad Brown, commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, told the Committee on Judiciary B that ATC’s core mission is protecting public safety through regulation of alcohol, tobacco and hemp-derived CBD products. He said ATC processes about 27,000 permits annually, employs roughly 68 staff…

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