OTIS Evaluation Guide (PDF) - California Department of Public Health

Priority Area: Reduce the Availability of Tobacco (3)
Reduce the Availability of Tobacco Policy Indicators (.2)
Definition: These community indicators address the adoption of voluntary or legislated policies intended to control the sale, distribution,
sampling, or furnishing of tobacco products or nicotine containing products that are promoted as reducing harm for the user, but
which are not intended to result in cessation of tobacco use.
Community Indicator Sample Objective
• By June 30, 2004, at least two cities or unincorporated
areas in Chai County will adopt and implement a policy that
requires all tobacco retailers to obtain a license in order to
sell tobacco products and includes sufficient fees to conduct
regular compliance checks.
• By April 30, 2008, a minimum of three cities in Urban County
will adopt tobacco retail licensing requirements that include
sufficient fees to conduct compliance checks of retailers at
least three times per year.
3.2.1 The proportion of communities with a tobacco retail licensing policy
that earmarks a portion of the license fee for enforcement activities
• By May 30, 2010, a minimum of two jurisdictions within the
county will adopt and enforce a conditional use permit policy
to prohibit the location of tobacco retail outlets within 1,000
feet of schools, parks and youth facilities.
3.2.2 Proportion of communities with a zoning policy that regulates
the number, location, and density of tobacco retail outlets (e.g.,
conditional use permits)
OTIS Evaluation Guide • March 2007
3.2.3 Retired. State legislation is very comprehensive in this
area. Directing additional resources towards the few
exemptions in state law would not make a sufficient
public health impact.
The proportion of communities with policies that prohibit the sale of
all tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars)
through self-service displays and which require tobacco products to
be in a locked or covered case
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