HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 Mar 08 - Letter from Christy's Re: Corrective Actions1
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Town of Yarmouth
Board of Health Department
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth,Ma. 02664-4451
Dear Mr.Murphy;
We received your letter dates February 27,2001,conceming our cigarette compliance violation at our
site located at 14 East Main Street,W.Yarmouth. We are very concerned that this is our second
violation in the last six compliance checks. We continue to train our employees on the laws and
regulations conceming the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of eighteen.
We are taking the following action in order to comply with the Board of Health's regulations:
1 Temunation of employee who failed compliance check.
2 Installed audio system at gasoline island to inform public that we intend to take
civil action against minors and their parents for placing our license in jeopardy by
purchasing cigarettes.
3 Re-train all employees on sale of restricted age products.
4 Conduct a"We Card"Seminar in conjunction with the Board of Health. Ordered
new"We ID"sign packages for all stores. '
5 We audit twice a month in all stores.
6 Program register to ask clerk to check birth date of person purchasing cigarettes.
7. Reward positive behavior.
• $50.00 bonus program for employees a-ho pass compliance chocks with
town or our audit team.
8. Enclosed are copies of a compliance checks that we passed.
We are currently reviewing a new piece of hardware called identiscan that takes copies of customer's
driver licenses when they are approached for identification. We would also like to discuss the
possibility of placing undercover agents in our stores to pose as clerks,in order to catch underage
persons trying to purchase tobacco products. We feel this would send a strong message to minors that
we intend to prosecute such persons as they are placing our business in serious danger.
Sincerely,
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Patrick McKeown
Executive Vice President
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