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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">The public comment period is open for interested individuals and organizations to submit comments on the revised Tobacco Retail Licensure rules, including refining the
definition of “packaged in a manner attractive to minors” relating to packaging and labeling for inhalant delivery systems. These rules have been developed in coordination with Oregon’s Department of Justice to ensure that administrative rules align with first
amendment regulations according to Oregon’s state constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">In considering ways that we can make commercial tobacco products less attractive to kids, evidence shows that eliminating flavored tobacco products is an important step.
Flavored tobacco products are appealing to youth and young adults. Candy and other sweet flavorings make it easy for youth to start and addictive nicotine makes it hard to stop. Flavors, like packaging and label design, are part of the tobacco industry’s marketing
strategy to target kids with their harmful products. Prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco products is a concrete step that we can take to reduce the number of youth who are exposed to nicotine.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">If you’re interested in learning more about local efforts to continue the momentum towards a statewide flavors prohibition, please join Oregon Partners for Tobacco Prevention.
For more information, contact Jamie Dunphy (<a href="mailto:jamie.dunphy@cancer.org">jamie.dunphy@cancer.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">If you’re interested in submitting public comment, reviewing the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including the Statements of Need and Fiscal and Racial Equity Impact
and the full text of the proposed TRL rules, visit: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/preventionwellness/tobaccoprevention/pages/retailcompliance.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/preventionwellness/tobaccoprevention/pages/retailcompliance.aspx</a></span></span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">and see attached. For any questions, please contact Tara Weston</span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">(<a href="mailto:Tara.Weston@oha.oregon.gov">Tara.Weston@oha.oregon.gov</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Nova",sans-serif">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Lily Banning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Tobacco Policy Specialist</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Public Health Division</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date: August 18, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TO: Interested Parties<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FROM: Tara Weston, MPH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Tobacco Retail License Education and Enforcement Systems Lead<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in">RE: Notice of proposed permanent rulemaking: OAR chapter 333, division 15, "Regulating sale of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems (IDS), including minor attractive
IDS packaging"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in">________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk39062846">The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention section is proposing to permanently amend Oregon Administrative Rules in chapter 333, division 15 pertaining
to the regulation of the retail sale of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">In this rulemaking, OHA is proposing revised rules to clarify the overall language for the Tobacco Retail License (TRL) Program. The program has been conducting inspections and administering penalties
for a year and has identified revisions needed to ensure consistent language and clarity throughout the administrative rules. Additionally, OHA is proposing to refine the meaning of “packaged in a manner attractive to minors” as it relates to inhalant delivery
systems (IDS) (also known as e-cigarettes), as used in Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 333-015-0300 to 333-015-0360. This revision is to clarify the rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">You are invited to review these proposed rules and to comment on them.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><b>A public hearing is being held remotely via Zoom on Monday, September 18, 2023 at 10:30 AM PDT:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Join ZoomGov Meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"></span><a href="https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItde6trj8qHKxwSWGc3Ze0kG_gb1JvDvk"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItde6trj8qHKxwSWGc3Ze0kG_gb1JvDvk</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Meeting ID: 160 275 0406<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Passcode: 030379<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">+16692545252,1602750406# US (San Jose)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><b>You may also file written comments before 5:00 PM PDT on September 22, 2023</b> by e-mailing them to the Public Health Division Rules Coordinator at
</span><a href="mailto:publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Written comments may also be sent by regular mail and must be postmarked by 5:00 PM PDT on September 22, 2023. Please mail comments to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">OHA, Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Brittany Hall, Administrative Rules Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">You may also send comments by fax to: (971) 673-1299.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk39062846">Final rules will be filed after consideration of all comments.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To review the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including the Statements of Need and Fiscal and Racial Equity Impact and the full text of the proposed rules, visit:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/preventionwellness/tobaccoprevention/pages/retailcompliance.aspx">
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/preventionwellness/tobaccoprevention/pages/retailcompliance.aspx</a> and see attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like more information about the Tobacco Retail License Program or have questions about the rules, please contact Tara Weston at
<a href="mailto:tara.e.weston@oha.oregon.gov">tara.e.weston@oha.oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Accessibility Statement: For individuals with disabilities or individuals who speak a language other than English, OHA can provide information in alternate formats such as translations, large print, or braille. Contact the Public Health
Division at 971-673-1222, 711 TTY or <a href="mailto:publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov">
publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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