Community education regarding youth access laws Media use to publicize compliance inspection results Community mobilization to increase support for retailer compliance with youth access laws Other activities (Please list.) Conduct year round random unannounced tobacco inspections. Conduct Statewide Enforcement Inspections Briefly describe all checked activities: The Center for Health Promotion, Education, and Tobacco Use Prevention within the Family Health Administration provides grants to local health departments for tobacco use prevention and cessation initiatives including programs to enforce existing tobacco control laws. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration also worked with the local jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies through its collaboration with the Center for Health Promotion, Education and Tobacco Use Prevention. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA) and the Family Health Administration (FHA) are both units of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and report to the Secretary of Health Enforcement is an important component of our comprehensive tobacco control program. The two primary areas of enforcement are access to restricting minors’ tobacco products and restricting smoking in public places. In order to reduce illegal sales of tobacco products to underage youth, local health departments: *Educate tobacco vendors about tobacco sales laws. Maryland’s *Partner with local law enforcement agencies to conduct compliance checks for underage sales and product placement. *Partner with local law enforcement to issue citations to youth for illegal possession of tobacco products. * Conduct tobacco education and cessation programs for youth. The result of enforcing tobacco laws is twofold. First, violators are deterred from illegal sales and possession of tobacco products and second, a public statement is made that community and public health leaders support tobacco control. In a comprehensive tobacco control program, enforcement efforts support other program components by creating an environment where youth tobacco use is not an accepted norm. Maryland passed "The Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007" which prohibits smoking in virtually all indoor workplaces. As of February 1, 2008, the law provides for fair and consistent statewide protection from exposure to secondhand smoke in indoor settings. People in Maryland have clean, smoke-free air while working, dining, shopping, or relaxing throughout the state. In addition, many local jurisdictions have passed ordinances and restrictions that have a broader scope than the State's workplace regulation. Some have expanded the workplace regulations to include smoke free grounds around government buildings, smoke free college campuses and some public playgrounds. These initiatives have rallied the community to push tobacco use prevention and enforcement initiatives to the forefront of the local agenda.
Community education regarding youth access laws Media use to publicize compliance inspection results Community mobilization to increase support for retailer compliance with youth access laws Other activities (Please list.) Conduct year round random unannounced tobacco inspections. Conduct Statewide Enforcement Inspections Briefly describe all checked activities: The Center for Health Promotion, Education, and Tobacco Use Prevention within the Family Health Administration provides grants to local health departments for tobacco use prevention and cessation initiatives including programs to enforce existing tobacco control laws. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration also worked with the local jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies through its collaboration with the Center for Health Promotion, Education and Tobacco Use Prevention. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA) and the Family Health Administration (FHA) are both units of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and report to the Secretary of Health Enforcement is an important component of our comprehensive tobacco control program. The two primary areas of enforcement are restricting minors’ access to tobacco products and restricting smoking in public places. In order to reduce illegal sales of tobacco products to underage youth, local health departments: *Educate tobacco vendors about Maryland’s tobacco sales laws. *Partner with local law enforcement agencies to conduct compliance checks for underage sales and product placement. *Partner with local law enforcement to issue citations to youth for illegal possession of tobacco products. * Conduct tobacco education and cessation programs for youth. The result of enforcing tobacco laws is twofold. First, violators are deterred from illegal sales and possession of tobacco products and second, a public statement is made that community and public health leaders support tobacco control. In a comprehensive tobacco control program, enforcement efforts support other program components by creating an environment where youth tobacco use is not an accepted norm. Maryland passed "The Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007" which prohibits smoking in virtually all indoor workplaces. As of February 1, 2008, the law provides for fair and consistent statewide protection from exposure to secondhand smoke in indoor settings. People in Maryland have clean, smoke-free air while working, dining, shopping, or relaxing throughout the state. In addition, many local jurisdictions have passed ordinances and restrictions that have a broader scope than the State's workplace regulation. Some have expanded the workplace regulations to include smoke free grounds around government buildings, smoke free college campuses and some public playgrounds. These initiatives have rallied the community to push tobacco use prevention and enforcement initiatives to the forefront of the local agenda.