San Diego County Approves Tobacco Retail Licensing Program

Source from:  Vapingpost 12/10/2020

San Diego County, Calif., will now implement a tobacco retail licensing program throughout much of the local community.
The county’s Board of Supervisors approved, on December 9, that there will be in place additional restrictions on the sale of all tobacco products within the unincorporated areas of the county, and a new enforcement regime will be facilitated to ensure compliance.

The new regulations will enter into force in July of 2021.

According to the county’s communications office, the action to establish a tobacco retail licensing (TRL) program will allow the board and their departments to further regulate and supervise the sale of tobacco products. The TRL program will require business owners to obtain a permit to stay in compliance with all federal, state, county, and local tobacco control laws while further protecting access laws related to tobacco.

Any violation of these laws, per any measure similar to it across the state and the U.S., will result in the suspension of their TRL program license.