Licensed tobacco retailers’ awareness of the law, exemption status, support for the law, ease of compliance and plans for compliance
| Responses | Overall n=16 | |
| n (%) | ||
| Respondent type | Owner | 2 (12.5) |
| Manager | 11 (68.8) | |
| Clerk | 3 (18.8) | |
| Business type | Convenience store | 1 (6.3) |
| Gas station with convenience | 2 (12.5) | |
| Liquor store | 5 (31.3) | |
| Small market/deli/produce market | 2 (12.5) | |
| Supermarket/large grocery store | 1 (6.3) | |
| Drug store/pharmacy | 1 (6.3) | |
| Other | 4 (25.0) | |
| Business was exempt from the law* | Yes, risk of financial hardship | 3 (18.8) |
| Yes, business type† | 2 (12.5) | |
| No | 11 (68.7) | |
| Aware of law and date it became effective | Yes | 16 (100.0) |
| Support for the law | Support or strongly support | 4 (25.0) |
| Oppose or strongly oppose | 11 (68.9) | |
| Don’t know/undecided | 1 (6.3) | |
| Questions specific to non-exempt businesses (n=11) | ||
| Complying with the law has been… | Easy or very easy | 8 (72.7) |
| Difficult or very difficult | 3 (27.3) | |
| How business complied with the law… | Moved some or all tobacco products to offer for sale at another retail location | 5 (45.5) |
| Posted signs notifying customers | 3 (27.3) | |
| Boxed up the banned products and placed them in storage | 3 (27.3) | |
| Sold off some/all of our stock of tobacco products | 2 (18.2) | |
| Trained employees to understand the law and respond to questions from customers | 4 (36.4) | |
| Question specific to non-exempt businesses that found complying with the law to be difficult or very difficult (n=3) | ||
| Reasons for difficulty complying with the law | Fear of going out of business | 3 (100.0) |
| Pressure from customers | 2 (66.7) | |
*Two retailers that self-reported ‘don’t know’ regarding their exempt status were reclassified after examination of city records. One retailer was reclassified as receiving a temporary exemption due to risk of financial hardship and one retailer did not receive an exemption.
†Includes Beverly Hills hotel concierge services and cigar lounges that existed before the law.