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Federal/State Program Achieves Dramatic Nationwide Drop in Tobacco Sales to MinorsDate: October 5, 2007 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced today that sales of tobacco to underage youth have reached all-time lows under the Synar Amendment program—a Federal and state partnership program aimed at ending illegal tobacco sales to minors. In fact, for the first time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have achieved a major Synar program goal—an 80 percent compliance rate among tobacco product retailers. This stands in sharp contrast with the situation 10 years ago at the Synar program's inception, when the lowest reported compliance rate was 25 percent. Click here for the full release. Check out the report online: Copies may be obtained free of charge by calling SAMHSA's Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727). Request inventory number SMA07-4300. |
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