Crime & Safety
Tobacco Retailers Pass Fall Compliance Checks
Every few months the police department insures that tobacco retailers aren't selling products to minors; no businesses violated this month's checks.
from the Village of Lisle Police Department
On Nov. 8, with the assistance of two under-age volunteers, the conducted tobacco compliance checks on establishments within the village that sell tobacco products.
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We are pleased to announce that we reached our goal of 100 percent compliance; and none of the clerks in any of the businesses sold cigarettes to the minors. In November, only one business was found to sell tobacco to minors.
These compliance checks are conducted three times each year to confirm that tobacco license holders are complying with the laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors.
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In addition to conducting compliance checks, the Lisle Police Department has been educating tobacco retailers on minimum-age tobacco laws and the importance of verifying the age of their customers. Funding for this program has been made available by a grant from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s “Kids Can’t Buy ‘Em Here” Tobacco Enforcement Program.
Checks conducted in February and May of this year determined all businesses were in compliance.
For information about the grant, please call 312-814-2206, or write to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission at 100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 7-801, Chicago, IL 60610, or visit the website at www.state.il.us/lcc.
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