Goal: Is to reduce the number of successful illegal purchases by minors to no more than 20 percent of attempted buys by minors in New Mexico.
Non Consummated Compliance
A random sample survey is conducted by the Human Services Department (HSD)/Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD)/Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) yearly to measure and monitor the compliance of prohibited illegal sales of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18; results of the compliance visits will be announced through media sources. OSAP contracts and trains Prevention Providers and their youth in conducting these non-consummated compliance visits. These visits are called “non-consummated” because the youth 15 and 16 years of age that are used do not carry money on their person to consummate the purchase attempt.
Reference Materials
Synar Prevention Providers
New Mexico State Fiscal Year 2011 Non Consummated Compliance Rate 5.1% Federal requirement is 20% or lower.