Success Stories from the Field





	The articles and press releases below highlight STORE Campaign success stories from local programs. Special Sections - August 15, 2008 The following news articles (links and PDFs) on "Tobacco Retailer Licensing" and "Illegal Sales to Minors Enforcement" have recently appeared in local community newspapers. These success stories provide deeper insight into local tobacco retail licensing efforts. The California Tobacco Control Program recommends that members of the field, both Local Lead Agencies and Competitive Grantees, read the articles and keep abreast of current events, laws, and policy around tobacco retail licensing in California. Section 1: Tobacco Retailer Licensing Adoption and Implementation articles: Selling Tobacco to Teens? In Berkeley, Not So Much (2009) Media Release. Read On. Tobacco license fees increase for retailers (2008) San Diego Union-Tribune. Read On. Undercover minors find out who’s selling tobacco to other youth (2008) The Press-Enterprise, Riverside County. Read On. Oakland City Council Passes Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance (2008, Summer) Alameda County Tobacco Control Coalition Newsletter. Read On. Increases Considered For Tobacco Penalties (2008, March 21) SF Examiner San Mateo County - More merchants could see their right to sell tobacco go up in smoke if county officials vote to strengthen penalties for those caught selling cigarettes to minors. Read On. Tobacco Licensing Seems Effective (2007, November 28) San Gabriel Valley Tribune Pasadena has seen drop in sales to minors. As the county considers creating a new tobacco-sellers' license, some cities and counties are already reaping the benefits. Read On. Merchant buys the first tobacco license (2007, May 22) Burbank Leader All sellers of tobacco must ante up by July 1 in a program designed to help prevent underage persons from using the product. BURBANK - About two months after the City Council approved an ordinance governing tobacco sales in Burbank, a local merchant has become the first to purchase a tobacco retailers license. Read On. More Inland cities consider license fees for cigarette retailers (2008, February 3) The Press-Enterprise More Inland cities may be getting in line to adopt an ordinance requiring tobacco and cigarette retailers to have a license to operate. Hemet, one of the few holdouts among Inland municipalities, is now poised to adopt the ordinance after the City Council was presented with recent numbers showing a dramatic decline in tobacco sales to minors in cities that have enacted the ordinance. Read On. City green-lights tobacco ordinance (February 2, 2007) Burbank Leader In an effort to curb sales to minors, retailers will be required to obtain a license and be subject to harsher enforcement. BURBANK CITY HALL — In a unanimous vote on Tuesday the council stepped up the city's ability to keep retailers from selling tobacco products to minors. Read On. Section 2: Illegal Sales to Minors Enforcement articles: Fewer Stores Sell Cigarettes to Minors (2009) The Triplicate, Del Norte County. Read On. Undercover minors find out who's selling tobacco to other youth (2008, July 12) The Press-Enterprise The white minivan with tinted windows recently pulled up to the CVS drug store on West Sixth Street in Corona. The 17-year-old undercover decoy slid open the door and walked inside. Several minutes later she came out, a pack of Marlboro Reds in hand. "Bought it!" she said to Martin Baxter and Nick Stack, two Riverside County tobacco retail licensing unit workers inside the van. The Press-Enterprise agreed not to name the decoy. Read On. Sting hits stores selling to minors (2008, March 6) Glendale News Press Businesses are cited for completing alcohol, cigarette sales to decoys from 15 to 18 years old. Read On. Tustin store under investigation for selling tobacco to minors (2007, October 17) The OC Register A N Market and Tobacco Shop, next to Blockbuster on Newport Avenue, could lose license to sell tobacco, say police. TUSTIN – The A N Market and Tobacco Shop will most likely lose its license to sell tobacco products after a Police Department investigation revealed clerks were selling cigarettes to minors, Lt. John Strain said. Read On. Santa Ana Votes for Tobacco Licenses (2006, October 18) OCRegister. It will soon be tougher for teenagers to buy a pack of cigarettes here. The city will become the first in Orange County to require stores to hold a local license to sell tobacco – the latest in a spate of programs across the state designed to clamp down on underage smoking. Read On. Tobacco Sales to Minors Reduced Since Licensing Policy Begun (2006, July 29) The Ukiah Daily Journal. Tobacco retailer licensing policies have been effective in curbing the sale of tobacco to minors, according to a survey performed by the Mendocino County Department of Public Health's Tobacco Control Program. Read On. New Ordinance Regulates Tobacco Sales in Hollister (2006, May 23). Holister Free Lance The City Council passed new regulations last week requiring merchants to get a city-issued license before they sell cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products. Read On. Yolo County Passes New Ordinance for Sale of Tobacco. (2006, April 26).The California Aggie An ordinance passed Friday by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors is aiming to provide funds for more efficient regulation of tobacco sales to minors. Read On. Kelly, D. American Lung Association of San Diego and Imperial County. (Unpublished Letter to Editor, 2006, January 13). Submitted to North County Times in response to a column denouncing licensing. Read On. County Stands Firm After Yanking Tobacco Permit. (2005, September 23). Contra Costa Times Over the irate protests of the owners, Contra Costa County supervisors have supported the 21-day suspension of a West County bar and liquor store's tobacco sales permit. Read On. Riverside County's Tobacco Licensing Ordinance. (2005, September 17). Tobacco.Org On September 13, 2005, the Riverside County (CA) Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to require each of the county's 2,500 cigarette-selling retailers to, for the first time, pay an annual fee for a license to sell tobacco products. Read On. City Votes to Charge Retailers $208 Fee in Crackdown on Tobacco Sales to Minors. (2005, September 7). Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to charge retailers $208 a year to sell tobacco products and use the money to increase crackdowns on cigarette sales to underage buyers. Read On. Stores Targeted in Tobacco Sting. (2005, June 3). The Daily Triplicate Sixteen retailers who sold tobacco to minors were the target of a complaint filed Friday in Del Norte County Superior Court. Read On. Stores to Pay Less to Carry Tobacco, but More for Fines. (2004, October 14). San Diego Union-Tribute The City Council has voted to amend its tobacco licensing ordinance to include lower annual fees, but also higher fines for merchants who break the law. Read On. El Cajon Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance. (2004, August 8). CASA (Communities Against Substance Abuse) The City of El Cajon’s recently enacted tobacco realer licensing ordinance contains some of the most innovative and strongest language to yet appear in California. The city’s new law incorporates much of the progressive language that is under development by TALC for inclusion in the forthcoming major revision of TALC’s model licensing ordinance. View a summary and the full-text of the ordinance. Bay Point store is First to Feel County Law's Impact. (2003, November 9). Contra Costa Times Contra Costa County Health Dept. Applauds Merchants for Tobacco Ad Cooperation. (2003, March). Foothill Express. Mariposa County County to Take Fresh Look at Smoking Penalties. (2003, May 20). San Mateo County Times. San Mateo County Montebello Kicks Habit: City Wins Award for Aggressive Enforcement of Smoking Ban. (2003, May 12). Whittier Daily News. Montebello Police Department SLO City Officials Look at Requiring Tobacco Licenses. (2003, August 20). The Tribune. San Luis Obispo Health Department help \| contact us \| site map \| terms of use \| strategy exchange Download the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader.