The Clinton County Health Department will hold Certified Tobacco Sales Training on Monday, May 7, to help retailers reduce the potential for tobacco sales to minors. In Clinton County, the overall sale of tobacco to minors increased by 5 percent between 2008 and 2011. About 8 percent of the 105 retailers who sell tobacco products in the county were fined for selling to minors, a Health Department press release said.
Across the state, those figures have actually dropped from 8.3 percent to 5.9 percent over that same time period. "We conduct unannounced compliance checks throughout Clinton County," said Susan Thew, a senior public-health sanitarian who oversees the compliance-check program for the county. "Despite our educational efforts with vendors, sales to youth continue to rise."
SURPRISE CHECKS
The state's Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act allows local health departments to conduct unannounced checks and identifies penalties for businesses that sell to minors. "We conduct one adult compliance check and one youth compliance check in retail stores annually," Thew said. "The adult check is used as an educational tool to help vendors understand their responsibilities."
During an adult compliance check, Health Department staff verifies that tobacco vendors are registered with New York to sell cigarettes products and are compliant with signage and tobacco location requirements.
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