It is easy to think of smoking as an adult problem..nicotine addiction begins when most tobacco user

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"It is easy to think of smoking as an adult
problem..nicotine addiction begins when most
tobacco users are teen-agers "
Dr. David A. Kessler Commissioner of Food and
Drugs
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The Strategic Prevention Framework
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Synar Goal

• To reduce youth tobacco use by restricting access
  to tobacco products by those under the age of 18.

Alaska, Utah, Alabama and New Jersey under the
age of 19
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Best Practices

• Concrete plan how the State will enforce its
  law / State agency overseeing enforcement.
• Ongoing State funded enforcement inspections.
• Prosecution of offenders.

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Best Practices cont.

• Penalties for violating the law.
• Effective merchant education.

Success is achieved through active enforcement,
vendor education and community support.
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Questions ?