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PUBLIC HEALTH <br />LAW :CENTER <br />az mfthcli Nnm!ino §khool of taw <br />Pharmacy Prohibitiont <br />3une 2019 <br />Several communities have adopted laws prohibiting pharmacies from selling commercial tobacco <br />products. These laws have been shown to significantly reduce commercial tobacco retailer density <br />when compared to communities without similar laws. These gains have had the greatest impact <br />on neighborhoods with higher median income, education, and proportion of non -Hispanic white <br />residents. Althoughpharmacy restrictions alone are unlikely to address health disparities, some <br />studies have shown that these policies are most effective when combined with proximity restrictions. <br />Giovenco, D. P., Spillane, T. E., Mauro, C. M., & Hernandez,D. (2018). Evaluating the Impact and Equity of a Tobacco -free <br />Pharmacy Law on Retailer Density in New York City Neighbourhoods. Tobacco Control, tobaccocontrol-2018-054463. Jin, Y., <br />Lu, B., Klein, E. G., Berman, M., Foraker, R. E., & Ferketich, A. K. (2016). Tobacco -Free Pharmacy Laws and Trends in Tobacco <br />Retailer Density in California and Massachusetts. American Journal of Public Health, 106(4), 679-685. <br />(P) Samples prohibited. No person shall distribute samples of any licensed product free of <br />charge or at a nominal cost. <br />(Q) Instructional program. Licensees must ensure that all employees complete a training <br />program on the legal requirements related to the sale of licensed products and the <br />possible consequences of license violations. Any training program must be pre -approved <br />by the city/county. Licensees must maintain documentation demonstrating their <br />compliance and must provide this documentation to the city at the time of renewal, or <br />whenever requested to do so during the license term. <br />Section 4. Fees. <br />No license will be issued under this ordinance until the appropriate license fees are paid in full. <br />The fees will be established by the city's fee schedule and may be amended from time to time. <br />Licensing Fees <br />Fees provide revenue for the administration and enforcement of the ordinance and for retailer <br />and community education. Periodic review and adjustment of licensing fees will ensure that <br />they are sufficient to cover all administration, implementation, and enforcement costs, including <br />compliance checks. Our publication, Retail License Fees, provides more information about retail <br />licensing fees and a license fee checklist. Change Lab Solutions has a Fee Calculator to help <br />estimate an appropriate fee. <br />128 _ <br />