Utah Tobacco Retailer Education Guide
The Utah Tobacco Retailer Education Guide aims to help Utah tobacco retailers in their efforts in preventing individuals younger than 21 years of age from having access to tobacco, electronic cigarette, and nicotine products.
The guide provides:
- tips for employees and managers in keeping tobacco, electronic cigarette, and nicotine products out of the hands of youth;
- information about Utah tobacco laws and rules that tobacco retail establishments must follow in order to sell these products; and
- resources including local health department information.
The Utah Tobacco Retailer Education Guide is an approved employee training program (Utah code § 26B-7-519).
Click here to review the electronic version of the 2023 Utah tobacco retailer education training and take the electronic quiz.
Participant will receive email confirmation upon completion of electronic version of the guide/quiz.
Download the full PDF version 2023 Utah tobacco retailer education training.
This guide is divided into three parts:
- Overview of Utah tobacco laws and regulations: This section covers Utah state tobacco laws and rules that are applicable to retailers that sell tobacco, electronic cigarette, or nicotine products.
It also includes information about potential civil and criminal penalties if an employee or owner sells these products to individuals younger than 21 years of age, as well as other potential tobacco permit violations. This section can be used at the time of new-hire orientation and for ongoing training and education. It includes a quiz to test your understanding of training materials. - Owner/manager section (available in PDF download):
This section provides tips to create a tobacco, electronic cigarette, and nicotine product sales policy, and ideas on how to reinforce employee
training. It provides answers to the employee quiz and information on where to go if you need more help and support. - Resource section (available in PDF download):
This section includes documents you can use with your employees. It also shows which resources (posters, window clings, and dated register stickers) are available to you at no charge.
Additional PDF download resources:
Resource A: Proof of tobacco retailer training document
Resource B: Record of employees who completed the tobacco retailer training
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