REVIEW THE LATEST SYNAR REPORT
The FY 2024 Annual Synar Report is ready for community review and feedback. To provide your comments, contact Hanna De Fiesta at hannaruth.defiesta@gbhwc.guam.gov, or the PEACE office at (671) 477-9079 thru 9083
FFY 2024 Annual SYNAR Report is ready...
SYNAR Downloadables
- FY 2023 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2022 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2021 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2020 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2018 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2017 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2016 Annual Synar Report
- FY 2015 Annual Synar Report
- 2014 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2013 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2012 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2011 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2010 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2009 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2008 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2007 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- 2006 Guam SYNAR Report.pdf
- Tobacco Vendor Fact Sheet 1.pdf
- Tobacco Vendor Fact Sheet 2.pdf
What is SYNAR?
In July 1992, Congress enacted the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act (P.L. 102-321), which includes an amendment (section 1926) aimed at decreasing youth access to tobacco. This amendment, named for its sponsor, Congressman Mike Synar of Oklahoma, requires States and Territories to enact and enforce laws prohibiting the sale and distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18.
Guam’s Tobacco Control Act of 1998 prohibits the sales or distribution of tobacco products to minors.
In addition, tobacco vendors must obtain a separate tobacco retail license for each premise or vending machine in which tobacco products are sold. The Act also established the Youth Tobacco Education and Prevention Fund (YTEPF) for use by the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for youth compliance monitoring and tobacco and drug prevention and education programs.
Every year, the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and the Department of revenue and Taxation, together with various partners, conduct unannounced inspections of all tobacco vendors on Guam, to check their compliance with the law.
Guam’s compliance rate is higher than the standards set by the Federal Government.
|
Inspection Year |
FFY Report Year |
Compliance Rate (must be at least 80%) |
|
2014 |
FFY2015 |
96% |
|
2015 |
FFY2016 |
95.6% |
|
2016 |
FFY2017 |
95.3% |
|
2017 |
FFY2018 |
95.2% |
|
2018 |
FFY2019 |
87.9% |
|
*2019 |
FFY2020 |
--- |
|
2020 |
FFY2021 |
N/A (Inspections not conducted during COVID-19 pandemic) |
|
2021 |
FFY2022 |
88.1% |
|
2022 |
FFY2023 |
97% |
|
2023 |
FFY2024 |
94.8% |
But...
Prohibiting the sales to minors is NOT ENOUGH to reduce tobacco use among young people.
We need to focus our efforts also on interventions to reduce the DEMAND for tobacco. And we need to emphasize that regardless of age, tobacco kills.
