State receives tobacco grant to enforce complaince among retailers

Iowa has been awarded a federal contract to help inspect tobacco retailers to ensure they are complying with marketing and sales restrictions on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.
Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) officials say their agency has been awarded a contract by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help enforce provisions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. The FDA contract was awarded for one year, plus two option years.
Under the contract, division administrator Stephen Larson said ABD investigators conduct undercover buys, as well as advertising and labeling inspections, in accordance with the FDA Tobacco Compliance Check contract.