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Vermont Department of Health urges planners to use land‑use tools to reduce youth substance access
Summary
VDH presenters shared BRFSS, YRBS and a 2025 retail audit showing retailer proximity and advertising near schools, outlined community risk factors such as poverty and housing instability, and recommended municipal options including event limits and retailer buffers; VDH offered technical assistance to planners.
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission’s Planning Advisory Committee heard a presentation from Melissa Needham and Nick Tatakis of the Vermont Department of Health on December 17 about land‑use approaches to preventing substance misuse.
Needham and Tatakis summarized statewide surveillance tools used to identify public‑health problems — including the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — and reviewed findings from the 2025 Vermont Tobacco and Alcohol Retail Audit. Tatakis told the committee youth tobacco and substance‑use measures are…
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