Steiner Hayward Renews Efforts to License Tobacco Vendors, Curtail Sales to Minors

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A resurrected policy would put tobacco sales under the same scrutiny as alcohol and marijuana and give the OLCC the authority to police licensees. Current law against sales to minors applies only to clerks, not businesses, and as many as one-fifth of tobacco shops regularly sell to underage teens.By: Chris GraySen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton, is working overtime to get the football passed the goal line for one of her top public health goals -- reining in Oregon’s high rate of tobacco sales to minors.Apr 14 2015

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