Tobacco Retailer Survey
Project Engagement
VIEWS
293
PARTICIPANTS
14 RESPONSES
97 COMMENTS
14 1. What type of business do you operate?
12 Respondents
42% 5 ✓
33% 4 ✓
25% 3 ✓
25% 3 ✓
17% 2 ✓
0% 0 ✓
Other
Liquor store
Convenience store
Gas station
Smoke/vape shop
Grocery store
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2. What is your business's zip code?
13 respondents
31 %
31 %
15 %
15 %
8%
0%
91910
91911
91914
Other
91913
Others
3. Does your business currently sell any of the following products? 11 Respondents
55% 6 ✓
45% 5 ✓
45% 5 ✓
45% 5 ✓
27% 3 ✓
9 % 1 ✓
Cigars or cigarillos
Traditional cigarettes
Smokeless tobacco (chew, snuff)
E-cigarettes or vaping products
None of the above
Flavored tobacco products
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4. Approximately what percentage of your total sales come from tobacco or vaping products? 10 respondents
40 %
20 %
20 %
10 %
10 %
0%
10–25%
Less than 10%
26–50%
More than 75%
Not sure
51–75%
5. How would you describe the number of tobacco or vape retailers in your area? 11 respondents
45 %
27 %
18 %
9 %
About the right amount
Not sure
Too many
Too few
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6. How familiar are you with local and state tobacco sales laws (such as age restrictions and licensing requirements)?
11 respondents
9 1
%
9 %
0%
Very familiar
Somewhat familiar
Others
7. In your experience, how often do underage customers attempt to buy tobacco or vaping products?
10 respondents
40 %
30 %
20 %
10 %
Rarely (once every few months)
Never
Sometimes (a few times per month)
Often (several times a week)
8. Do you have any comments or suggestions for improving communication or compliance support for retailers?
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there should be more monitoring on the smoke shops . a lot of them are selling illegal products and they get away with it .
most smoke shops are selling most of the illegal products that are not approved to be sold . there should be some monitoring .
More check ups on smoke shops
Nope
Reach out to every tobacco license holder to inform them of upcoming discussions like this one and possible law changes. A yearly update on all the latest laws in the area would be incredible! Work with State, County and federal agencies to be more streamline in compliance.
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