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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Please see below for a press release from the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division on our annual tobacco retail compliance inspection results.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">
The overall rate of illegal tobacco sales to underaged persons decreased slightly from last year. However, the violation rate for cigarillos more than doubled to one in four inspected retailers making an illegal sale. The violation rate for e-cigarettes held
nearly constant at one in five retailers making an illegal sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Full inspection report PDF:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This report has the statewide results and the results by county. It lists each inspected store and whether it passed or failed inspection:
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/CHRONICDISEASE/HPCDPCONNECTION/TOBACCO/Documents/retail_compliance/Enforcement_results_1819.pdf"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/CHRONICDISEASE/HPCDPCONNECTION/TOBACCO/Documents/retail_compliance/Enforcement_results_1819.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Inspection report executive summary:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> This summary puts the results in historical context and provides background
on industry activities to promote tobacco products: </span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/TOBACCOPREVENTION/Documents/Tobacco_enforcement_1819_ExecutiveSummary.pdf"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/TOBACCOPREVENTION/Documents/Tobacco_enforcement_1819_ExecutiveSummary.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">This is an opportunity for your program and local public health agency to talk about tobacco industry tactics, your prevention work, and evidence-based interventions such as tobacco retail licensure.
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<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tobacco retail inspections show mixed results in illegal sales to youth</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OHA report shows slight decrease in illegal cigarette sales, but illegal sales of little cigars doubled</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PORTLAND, Ore. — The violation rate for tobacco sales by retailers to underage individuals decreased slightly in the past year, but the rate of illegal little cigar sales more than doubled, according
to new Oregon Health Authority data.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The data, contained in a 2019
<i>Oregon Tobacco Retail Enforcement Inspection Results</i> report OHA published today, found that illegal sales of tobacco to people younger than 21 decreased slightly in the most recent round of inspections, from 18 percent to 16 percent (2018 to 2019, respectively).
Despite this improvement, the report also found an alarming change: the rate of illegal little cigar sales more than doubled, from 13 percent to 28 percent in the past year. Little cigars, sometimes called "cigarillos," are popular with youth and come in fruit
flavors like "Tropical Fusion" and "Boozy Mango."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"It’s heartening to see that the overall violation rates are down. However, the fact that little cigars are being sold to people under age 21 at even
<i>higher</i> rates is very concerning," said Tom Jeanne, M.D., M.P.H, deputy state health officer at the OHA Public Health Division. "We know these products are sweet, and they’re sold for pocket change. Given that more than one in four retailers sold little
cigars illegally last year, they’re also extremely easy for young people to get ahold of."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The OHA Public Health Division conducts retail inspections in collaboration with Oregon State Police. In 2019 the state inspected 1,100 retailers out of about 3,200 retailers who sell tobacco
and e-cigarette products statewide. If a retailer violates the law, a citation is issued to the store’s clerk, manager on duty or owner. The annual inspection results report shows which stores passed inspection and which sold illegally to people younger than
21.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The slight dip in illegal tobacco sales in 2019 was driven by a decline in the violation rate for cigarettes, which dropped from 18 percent to 13 percent, and a decline in illegal sales in Multnomah
County. The county’s violation rate was 9 percent in 2019, compared to the statewide rate of 16 percent. For e-cigarettes, violation rates held constant with just over one in five retailers selling to a person younger than 21. However, the rate of illegal
little cigar sales more than doubled, with more than one in four stores inspected making an illegal sale. A recent OHA
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report</a> on tobacco industry advertising showed that more than half of Oregon stores that sell little cigars advertise them for under $1. The flavors and low prices of these products make them appealing to youth.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In January 2018 OHA started enforcing a tobacco sales age of 21, up from 18.
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Initial results</a> of an evaluation of Oregon’s Tobacco 21 law show it may reduce the number of youth who pick up smoking. But while the law made changes to who can be fined for an illegal sale, the recent inspection results suggest more needs to be done.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"One of the challenges of our inspection process is that only a few counties in Oregon require a license to sell tobacco — and there’s no state license," Jeanne said. "This means it is extremely
difficult to enforce the minimum legal sales age by holding retailers accountable for illegal sales. A tobacco retail license would make it possible to track who is selling tobacco, educate retailers on how to comply with the law and have meaningful penalties
for repeat offenders."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The list of Oregon tobacco retailers that violated the tobacco sales is available on the OHA Public Health Division website:
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https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/TOBACCOPREVENTION/Pages/retailcompliance.aspx#inspections</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"># # #</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information about how the tobacco industry markets in Oregon, see the recent Tobacco Retail Assessment Report at
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https://smokefreeoregon.com/retailassessment/</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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