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BOARD OF HEALTH
August 26, 1999
Station Avenue Mobil
511 Station Avenue
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Re: Tobacco Sales Compliance Check
Location: 511 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Dear Yarmouth Merchant:
The Cape Cod Tobacco Control Program, in collaboration with the Yarmouth Health Department,
has recently completed a compliance check to determine if minors (anyone under the age of 18)
could purchase tobacco products from your establishment.
A minor was unable to purchase tobacco in your store during the August 23, 1999 compliance
check.
Minors were sent into thirty (30) Yarmouth establishments licensed to sell cigarettes, to attempt
purchases. If the clerk asked the minors their age or if the tobacco was for them, the minors told the
truth. It is against Massachusetts law and the Yarmouth Board of Health regulation for anyone to
sell tobacco products to people under the age of eighteen.
We are happy to inform you that your business did not sell tobacco products to a minor during this
compliance check. We congratulate you and your employees for complying with the tobacco law
and promoting good health among Yarmouth's youth. Other compliance checks will be
conducted in the future, and we hope that your business continues to comply with the tobacco law
by refusing to sell tobacco products to minors.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the above matter, I can be reached at the Health
Department at (508)398-2231, ext. 241, Monday through Friday, during the office hours of 9:00-
11:00 a.m.
Sincerely,
Kelda G. Welsh
Health Inspector
KGW/maf
cc: Board. of Health
Robert C. Lawton, Jr., Town Administrator
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