By including plug-ins for more comprehensive tobacco control, tobacco retail licensing ordinances can include language to address strategies such as: Minimum pack size and minimum floor price regulations Tobacco product sampling restrictions Restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products Banning the redemption of tobacco discounts, coupons, and promotions Raising the minimum legal sales age to 21 and more Licensing Case Studies: Alachua County, FL: Leading the Way in the Southeast on Tobacco Retailer Licensing, CounterTobacco.org Multnomah County, OR: No More in Multnomah: Youth Call for an End to Illegal Tobacco Sales, Multnomah County Health Department and ChangeLab Solutions Edgewater, CO: Retailer Licensing in Edgewater, Colorado, CounterTobacco.org Kern County, CA: Kern Countys Tobacco Retailer Licensing Program, Public Health Law Center Golden Valley, MN: Using Local Data to Pass Policies for Tobacco Prevention in Golden Valley, MN, CounterTobacco.org Philadelphia, PA: Reducing Retailer Density in Philadelphia, CounterTobacco.org Hayward, CA: Leveraging the community voice and equity issues to strengthen tobacco retailer licensing policy in Hayward, California Tobacco Endgame Center for Organizing and Engagement Colton, CA: Community campaigns to reduce youth access to tobacco products in Colton, CA, California Tobacco Endgame Center for Organizing and Engagement Santa Maria, CA: Santa Marias Tobacco Retailer Licensing Program, Public Health Law Center A retailer licensing policy can help a community monitor and manage the number of tobacco retailers and is a typical policy lever pulled by towns or cities to manage the number of alcohol retailers
This type of switching studies are essential since they are relevant to real-life scenarios when smokers switch to alternative products to reduce the harm associated with smoking CC
State lawmakers want to see action on legislation that would regulate vape retailers and raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco and nicotine products to 21 aligning North Carolina with nearly every other in the nation
Tobacco smoke causes oxidative stress so that insufficient oxygen is supplied to the skin resulting in tissue ischaemia and blood vessel occlusion
