Built Environment – Tobacco Product Compliance Check Violations
This indicator reports information about tobacco product compliance check inspections among retailers in the report area. Data are reported for the latest complete three-year period, based on the inspection result decision date.
Source
Source Description
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an office within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
The FDA conducts inspections of tobacco product retailers to determine a retailer’s compliance with federal laws and regulations, including The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Tobacco Control Act, and our rules and regulations. During Undercover Buy Inspections, in which a minor attempts to purchase a tobacco product, the retailer is unaware an inspection is taking place. Results from compliance check inspections of tobacco retailers are available in the searchable Compliance Check Inspections of Tobacco Product Retailers database.
Methodology
This indicator reports information obtained from analysis of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Compliance Check Inspections of Tobacco Product Retailers database. This database contains address-level records for each retailer inspection – including decision date, violation type, and tobacco product type – dating back to 2011. These address-level records are geocoded and aggregated to the county level for multi-year periods* based on the inspection result decision date. Percentages are calculated by dividing the number of inspections with violations (any or minor-related) by the total number inspections in a given area and reporting period. Percentages are suppressed if there are fewer than 5 inspections during the report period.
Note: Multi-year periods are used to enable stable comparisons over time, as some counties have no inspections during a single reporting year.
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