Health and Wellness: Tobacco Sales and Access

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Tobacco Sales and Access

The goals of this program are to restrict youth access to tobacco and ultimately to reduce the smoking rates of young people on PEI. Legislative authority for this program falls under the P.E.I. Tobacco Sales and Access Act and the Federal Tobacco Act.

This program has four main focuses:

Education

the focus is a community approach to increase awareness of the health impacts of tobacco use
keeping retailers aware of changes in regulations

Inspection

signage, advertising, pricing, display, promotional activities

Enforcement

decoy purchases
complaint investigations
warnings and summary offence tickets

Consultation

involvement with various Non-Government Organizations (such as the PEI Tobacco Reduction Alliance - PETRA)

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