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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Good afternoon, TPEP grantees and other retail assessment partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This is your July monthly wrap-up update on the statewide tobacco and alcohol retail assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Statewide progress:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Here’s a brief snapshot of how the assessments are going statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:106%">Number of total assessments completed: Over 1,000 assessments are complete!
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<span style="line-height:106%">Number of counties that have finished their data collection: 15 counties and Tribes have completed their assessments. Congratulations to Benton, Baker, Clackamas, Columbia, Crook, Curry, Hood River, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Polk,
Union, Wheeler, and Yamhill Counties and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for completing their assessments.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Anecdote of the month: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We received the following story from Curry County about their assessments. This anecdote is a good example of how complicated the relationship is between store owners and the tobacco industry. Reach out to Brooklyn Wease at
<a href="mailto:weaseb@currhch.org">weaseb@currhch.org</a> if you’d like to learn more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">During a retail assessment, we were approached by the store owner who made a comment about how tobacco companies are experts at making money. He went on to briefly describe his
relationship with tobacco companies. He said that he sells tobacco products cheaper than what he buys them for. In return, tobacco companies send him checks if he’s keeping their products at the lowest price, filling space with a certain amount of their product,
and/or selling a certain amount of product (depending on what was specified in the contracts he had signed with them). While his profit from tobacco products is minimal, he said, this way of doing business ensures that tobacco companies are making plenty of
money. It was a good experience to be able to hear a firsthand account of why/how things are done the way that they are.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Retail resource of the month:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Want to learn more about the industry practices Brooklyn heard about?<span style="color:#002060">
</span>The retailer’s story is a likely an example of a “buy-down”, one of the many ways tobacco manufacturers and distributors keep prices low. This overview from the Public Health Law Center describes different types of discounts:
<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/tclc-fs-pricerelatedpromotions-2011.pdf"><span style="color:#4472C4">http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/tclc-fs-pricerelatedpromotions-2011.pdf</span></a></span>.<span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This month’s photo is unrelated to the assessments, but it’s a current staff favorite on an alcohol promotion in the retail environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Keep up the good work, and keep the stories coming!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sarah <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Tobacco and Alcohol Retail Assessment Background:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The tobacco and alcohol retail assessment aims to gather statewide point-of-sale data at tobacco and alcohol retailers. The widespread availability of tobacco and alcohol products and the visibility of
tobacco, alcohol and sugary drink marketing at point-of-sale remain a significant public health concern, particularly in low socio-economic communities or neighborhoods with higher density of communities of color.</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><img border="0" width="484" height="363" style="width:5.0416in;height:3.7812in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D42A82.A551BEE0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Sarah Wylie, MPH</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Health Promotion Strategist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention Section | Public Health Division | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">p: 971-673-1051<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">c: 971-200-9887<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">e: </span><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:sarah.a.wylie@dhsoha.state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sarah.a.wylie@dhsoha.state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA"><span style="color:blue">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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