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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Identify how tobacco industry promotional practices influence the retail environment and increase access to tobacco and exposure to tobacco advertising and promotions
- Evaluate state and local policy approaches in the retail environment to complement the federal Tobacco Control Act, and assess the legal feasibility of the various policy approaches
- Build upon the lessons learned by a local government that has adopted and implemented progressive tobacco control policies in the retail environment and understand tobacco industry influence in the retail environment, as described by a small business owner
Key Points: Data on the retail environment; legal issues; local government/health department representative to discuss implementation of selected retail policies; and retailer perspective
Educational Experience: Overview of the tobacc retail environment; tobacco industry promotional practices and expenditures in retail environment; public and policy-maker support for policie in RE; Assessing/estimating the impact of proposed interventions in RE - lives saved, prevalence, youth initiation.
Brief overview of existing laws affecting retail environment; Overview of state/local policy options in retail environment, including discussion of legal feasibility for various options (yellow/green light distinction for cutting edge policies v. legally tested policies); Current law suits and potential impact
Possible modes of enactment: city council, state legislatures, boards of health, other agencies (finance, consumer affairs, licensing); how to “sell” these policies to elected, policy-makers; avoiding suits and preparing to be sued
Retailer perspective: A businessman will provide the perspective of a retailer to illuminate the presence of the tobacco industry in the retail environment and the effect of tobacco control laws on business
Benefits: Q&A: 10~30 minutes