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New Website Reports Stores that Sell Tobacco to Minors in San Diego [07/29-1]

Excerpts from: Stores Selling Tobacco To Minors Are Being Watched

NBC San Diego [07/28/04]

San Diego teenagers who smoke are going to have a tougher time getting tobacco, thanks to a Web site that reports stores that sell to minors.

The Web site -- Tobaccowatchdog.org -- allows Internet users to report retailers who sell tobacco to minors. The Web site generates a report that is sent to the County's tobacco control resource program. A follow-up investigation can lead to heavy fines and, in some cases, the revocation of a store's tobacco license.

Tobaccowatchdog.org has the backing of the American Lung Association and the Tobacco Free Coalition. The groups say the Web site has already been effective.

The crackdown comes after a survey revealed that a number of San Diego stores were selling tobacco products to minors. In the three-month undercover survey, nearly 90 percent of San Diego stores did not ask for ID. La Mesa topped the list of leading offenders, followed by San Diego and El Cajon.

Tobaccowatchdog is funded by Prop 99, which uses tobacco tax money to fund anti-tobacco programs.




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