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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Prevention youth explain tobacco law
by Perseus E. Bradley, Silas W.
Howtopat Jr, Khayree Smith
Warm Springs Prevention
Summer Youth Interns
Governor Kate Brown in 2017
signed Senate Bill 754 into law.
Under this law, you have to be 21
or older to buy tobacco products in
Oregon.
The enforcement of this law
began on January 1, 2018 and it
applies all throughout the State of
Oregon.
Some steps prior to January 1,
2018, before this law took effect
have been related to the following:
· Talk to employees and custom-
ers regarding tobacco products.
· Train employees on educating
customers about tobacco products.
· Support smoking employees
in various ways.
The law, at least with the two
retail outlets that were checked
with here on the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation—the Shell Sta-
tion and Warm Springs Market—
requires that a person be 21 years
of age in order to purchase to-
bacco products. And these busi-
nesses will card you if they sus-
pect that you are underage.
Some people in Warm Springs
may object to following this state
law, because the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs is a fed-
erally recognized tribe. The Con-
federated Tribes signed an agree-
ment, nation to nation with the
United States government in 1855,
July 18, 2018
Summer Youth worker profile
Photo taken at Warm Springs
Shell Station. Tribal Prevention.
four years prior to Oregon be-
came an official state. People may
feel like we do not need to follow
the state law here since we are a
sovereign nation.
Tobacco 21 protects Warm
Springs residents and tribal mem-
bers, in addition to other non-Na-
tive American Oregonians, from
to various health issues related to
tobacco product use and second-
hand smoke.
Bottom line: You can’t buy to-
bacco products until you are 21.
A resource number, if you
want to quit smoking, is 1-800-
784-8669.
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