Kentucky is educating tobacco retailer employees to prevent the sale of cigarettes to underage youth. As part of this effort, state tobacco prevention specialists have developed a FREE program called Tobacco Retailer Underage Sales Training (TRUST). According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), having employees trained through a program that follows FDA guidelines such as TRUST could reduce fines to store owners if they were found in violation of federal tobacco laws. Click on the training module on the right-hand side of this page to begin. The TRUST training program is designed to: Educate employees and owners of stores that sell tobacco of their legal responsibilities and liabilities for selling tobacco products to anyone under 18 years of age. Educate employees how to verify that customers purchasing tobacco products are of legal age. Provide an understanding of the health consequences of tobacco. Help store owners and employees avoid costly fines. Content that is consistent with FDA guidelines for tobacco retailer training. Two different training formats - online or face to face for your convenience. Training certificates and test results for each employee (FDA recommended). Additional support documents to enhance the effectiveness of your store tobacco policy. Regularly updated training content to keep up with changes in federal and state tobacco laws. TRUST is offered free of charge courtesy of the Department for Public Health, the Department for Alcoholic Beverage Control, and the Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. If you have any questions or would like additional information on the TRUST program, email [email protected] or call 502-564-2880, ext. 4418 or email [email protected] or call 502-564-9358, ext. 3141.
RICHMOND, Va. AP - New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. Were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection.
Retail tobacco sales to minors has dropped from 40 percent in 1997 to just 9.1 percent this year following implementation of a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage smoking. Richmond, Va. — New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage. The violation rate of tobacco sales to underage youth at retailers nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 9.1 percent in the last fiscal year, according to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration report released Tuesday. The rate, which reached an all-time low of 8.5 percent in 2011, is based on the results of random, unannounced inspections conducted at stores to see whether they'd sell tobacco products to a customer under the age of 18. A U.S. Surgeon General's report issued last year found that more needs to be done to prevent young Americans from using tobacco, including stricter smoking bans and higher taxes on tobacco products. According to that report, almost one in five high school-aged children smokes. That's down from earlier decades, but the rate of decline has slowed. It also said that more than 80 percent of smokers begin by age 18 and 99 percent of adult smokers in the U.S. start by age 26. The inspection program, named for late U.S. Rep. Mike Synar of Oklahoma, is a federal mandate requiring each state to document that the rate of tobacco sales to minors is no more than 20 percent at the risk losing millions in federal funds for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment services. Frances Harding, director of the federal agency's Center for Substance Abuse, said that while the program has made "remarkable strides," far more needs to be done to curb underage tobacco use. In the last fiscal year, 33 states and Washington, D.C., reported a retailer violation rate below 10 percent, according to the Tuesday report. It was the seventh time that no state was found to be out of compliance. Maine reported the lowest rate of 1.8 percent, and Oregon reported the highest rate at 17.9 percent. The latest federal data shows that about 14 percent of minors reported buying their own cigarettes in stores in 2011, down from 19 percent a decade earlier, suggesting that children may instead be getting their cigarettes and tobacco products from places other than convenience stores or gas stations.','url':'http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0827/Underage-tobacco-sales-bottom-out','og_descr':'Retail tobacco sales to minors has dropped from 40 percent in 1997 to just 9.1 percent this year following implementation of a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage smoking.
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- Aug 27, 2013 New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. Were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended.