Crime & Safety
Kane County Tobacco Shops Pass Sheriff's Compliance Test
Kane County Sheriff's Office and the Kane County Health Department report that seven tobacco shops are inspected and none were in violation of selling to a minor.
Seven tobacco retailers passed Kane County Sheriff's Department inspection, and none were in violation of the law by selling tobacco to a minor, a Dec. 19 Kane County press release says.
This was the first of four rounds of compliance checks to be conducted on all tobacco retailers within unincorporated Kane County.
The compliance checks are performed to determine if local tobacco retailers are complying with state minimum-age tobacco laws which prohibit the sale of tobacco to persons under the age of 18.
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The press release did not name the seven tobacco shops or their locations.
The inspections are conducted with the help from a grant awarded by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s “Kids Can’t Buy ‘Em Here” Tobacco Enforcement Program.
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The Sheriff's Office and the Kane County Health Department join forces to educate unincorporated Kane County tobacco retailers on minimum-age tobacco laws and the importance of verifying the age of customers before selling age-restrictive products such as tobacco.
For additional information, contact Undersheriff David E. Wagner at wagnerdave@co.kane.il.us or visit http://kanehealth.com/ or http://www.kanesheriff.com/.
Information for this article is courtesy of the Kane Count Sheriff's Office and Kane County Health Department.
