Event Title
Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts in Maryland: Tobacco Free Baltimore: Tobacco Enforcement
Location
Lindsay Ballroom
Start Date
11-5-2017 1:00 PM
End Date
11-5-2017 2:00 PM
Description
Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!
Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts in Maryland: Tobacco Free Baltimore: Tobacco Enforcement
Lindsay Ballroom
Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!