Once again, the rate of retailers selling tobacco to minors is lower than the 20 percent national standard set by a federal and state partnership, according to a news release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released today. The SAMHSA report is a progress update on the Synar Amendment, which requires states to have and effectively enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to people under age 18.
The program had set a target rate of 20 percent or less for retailers selling tobacco to minors, and for the seventh year in a row, every state and the District of Columbia met that goal. In fact, the 2012 rate was down to 9.1 percent nationally – the second lowest (next to 2011) in the history of the Synar program. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia achieved a violation rate below 10 percent, according to the news release, and nine states reported a rate below 5 percent.
By contrast, when states first reported data for the Synar program in 1997, the national weighted average for retailer violation weight was 40.1 percent, according to the report.
(See the full SAMHSA PDF report here.).
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