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f North Suburban Tobacco Compliance Project Falcon Heights • Maplewood • New Brighton • North St. Paul • Roseville • Shoreview • White Bear Lake Adult over 18 who lends MN driver's license or ID to minor If a MN driver's license or ID is lent to a minor who attempts to purchase, then the lender is subject to a 90-day suspension of driver's license. Notice of a proposed local ordinance is required At least a 30-day notice to licensees is required prior to amending your current ordinance. # The NSTCP, with current members White Bear Lake, Shoreview, New Brighton, Falcon Heights, Roseville, Maplewood and North St. Paul, has continually reached its goal of reducing youth access to tobacco. This is our fourth year of operation and after our first round of compliance checks for this year, we reached an average compliance rate of 89% — the highest rate yet! The NSTCP conducts two compliance checks a year of all licensed tobacco vendors. We coordinate the law enforcement agencies, cities and student compliance checkers. We also have a public relations and media relations program, compile compliance check results, hold quarterly meetings with participating cities and organizations, recruit and train student compliance checkers, conduct two training workshops a year for all licensed tobacco vendors and their employees, distribute project updates to all NSTCP members and keep open and ongoing communication among all cities, law enforcement agencies, related organizations and conununities. The tobacco program currently costs each city $350 with an additional fee of approximately $11 per vendor. The 97/98 rates will be slightly higher for the per vendor costs, however the base rate of $350 will remain the same. The NSTCP is an established and successful program that offers many benefits for your city at a minimal cost. As I mentioned earlier, the law goes in to effect on August 1, 1997, which means your city will need to either decide to handle this all intemally, or make a commitment to the NSTCP. We would be thrilled to have your city participate in our program. We also have other resources which we can pass on to you. For example, the League of Minnesota Cities is working with other interested groups to develop tobacco materials. As soon as these materials are available we will pass them on to you. I know you will need time to discuss this with your city council, but I will be contacting you in the next few weeks to talk about this further and to answer any of your questions. In the meantime, please feel free to call me at 770 -3394 if you have any questions. I look forward g with you. Susan Richter- Eggert Project Coordinator Funded by: Minnesota Minnesota ASSIST is a shared project between the Minnesota Department of Health, SISTthe American Cancer Society, Minnesota Division, and the communities of Minnesota and is funded by the National Cancer Institute City of Roseville Police Departim '.ve • Roseville, MN 55113 Fax: 44 Page 55