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PUBLIC HEALTH LAW CENTER rt Mitchx'fF WYmfi.0 Sct+ocl of tmv (M) Proximity to youth -oriented facilities. No license will be granted to any person for a retail establishment location that is within [ 1,000 ] feet of a youth -oriented facility, as measured by the shortest line from the property line of the space to be occupied by the proposed licensee to the nearest property line of a youth -oriented facility. This restriction does not apply to'an existing license holder who has been legally selling licensed products in that same location for at least one year before the date this section was enacted into law. (N) Proximity to other licensed retailers. No license will be granted to any person for a retail establishment location that is within f 2,000 1 feet of any other existing licensed retail establishment, as measured by the shortest line from the property line of the space to be occupied by the applicant for a license to the nearest property line of the existing licensee. This restriction does not apply to an applicant who has been legally selling licensed products in the same location for at least one year before the date this section was enacted into law. Proximity Restrictions 3une 2019 Research has demonstrated that policies requiring set distances between retailers and between retailers and youth -oriented facilities help to reduce tobacco retailer density and increase prices for commercial tobacco products. These proximity buffers have the largest impact in urban, low-income neighborhoods, which have been historically targeted by the tobacco industry with pervasive marketing and price promotions at the point of sale. The greatest public health impacts are seen when these policies are combined with a cap on the number of licenses issued. Luke, D. A., Hammond, R. A., Combs, T, Sorg, A., Kasman, M., Mack -Crane, A. Henriksen, L. (2017). Tobacco Town: Compu- tational Modeling of Policy Options toaReduce Tobacco Retailer Density. American Journal of Public Health, 107(5), 740-746; Myers, A. E., Hail, M. G., Isgett, L. F., & Ribisl, K. M. (2015). A Comparison of Three Policy Approaches for Tobacco Retailer Reduction. Preventive Medicine, 74, 67-7; and Ribisl, K. M., Luke, D. A., Bohannon, D. L., Sorg, A. A., & Moreland -Russell, S, (2017). Reducing Disparities in Tobacco Retailer Density by Banning Tobacco Product Sales near Schools. Nicotine & Tobacco Research: Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 19(2), 239-244. (0) Pharmacies ineligible for licensure. No license will be issued to any pharmacy, including any retail establishment that operates or contains an on-site pharmacy. 127 --