HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 May 09 - Letter Re: Tobacco Sales Compliance Check ViolationTOWN OF YARMOUTH -
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Telephone (508) 398-2231, Ext. 241 — Fax (508) 398-2365
BOARD OF HEALTH
May 9, 2001
Crosby Family Stores Inc.
d/b/a Peterson's Market
P.O. Box 368
Yarmouthport, MA 02675
Re: Tobacco Sales Compliance Check
Location: 918 Route 6A, Yarmouthport, MA
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 store.
Minors were able to purchase tobacco in your store during a compliance check on the
afternoon of May 3, 2001. (Time - 2:20 p.m.; Employee was female, approximately 19 years of
age.) .
Minors weresent into fifteen (15) 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.
As this is your store's first violation in the last four compliance checks, this letter is to serve as a
Warning. A Board of Health hearing has been scheduled for Monday, June 4, 2001, at 3:15
p.m. at the Yarmouth Town Hall Hearing Room. You or a representative must appear at this
hearing. At this hearing you must inform the Board of what steps you have taken to prevent future
tobacco sales to minors. Future violations will result in fines and your required appearance at a
BoardofHealth: hearing, where the Board will determine if;your tobacco license should be
suspended, revoked, or other penalties assessed.
For your information, minors were successful in purchasing cigarettes at three out of fifteen
Yarmouth establishments which sell tobacco products.
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, durmgthe office hours of 9:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m.
race G. Murphy, MPH
Director of Health
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cc: Board of Health
Robert C. Lawton, Jr., Town Administrator
Nancy Popp, Cape Cod Tobacco Control Program
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