Full Notification

Folsom, Calif. – Folsom Police Department is actively reaching out to tobacco retailers and school officials, providing educational materials to stop the sale of tobacco products to minors.
 
It is illegal for a retailer in United States to sell any tobacco product, including cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes to anyone under 21.
 
STAKE is the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Grant program which funds personnel time for sworn officers and administrative staff to perform tobacco education and enforcement activities.
 
 

• Compliance checks conducted at all 38 Tobacco Retailers.
• Distributed informational fliers and brochures for retailers to use in compliance with new laws.
• Tobacco Retailer Zoom training held November 30, 2020.
• Actively participating in Tobacco Control Coalition (TCC) Youth and Policy Subcommittees.
• Coordinating with FCUSD for Spring semester school presentations.

 
The grant programs will run until July 1, 2023.
 
Funding for this program is from the California Department of Public Health through the Food and Drug Branch Tobacco Enforcement Section. For more information see the California Healthcare, Research, and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, Proposition 56.