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Author: New York City Department of Consumer Affairs [item undated]
Intro: WHAT TOBACCO RETAILERS NEED TO KNOW
The DCA licenses cigarette retailers in New York City, and enforces City and State laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors.
The agency takes this responsibility seriously. All retail tobacco dealers in New York City must register with the State Department of Taxation and Finance to sell tobacco products in New York City, and cigarette retailers must get an additional license from the DCA.
The DCA runs one of the best and most comprehensive Teen Tobacco Enforcement Programs in the country, in which teens work with agency inspectors and go undercover to curb illegal sales to minors. Accompanied by a DCA inspector, teens conduct more than 14,000 routine inspections year-round in all five boroughs.
The DCA's Teen Tobacco Enforcement Program is funded by a New York State grant administered by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Compliance by stores inspected by the DCA has gone from 52%, when the program formally began in 1998, to more than 80% in recent years.
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