Naperville Police Announce Results Of Tobacco-Nicotine Product Compliance Checks

Naperville IL

18 March, 2021

2:50 PM

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Press release from the City of Naperville: The Naperville Police Department recently completed a round of tobacco/alternative nicotine product compliance checks in early March. The compliance checks were performed at 71 Naperville businesses to determine if local tobacco/alternative nicotine product retailers are complying with the minimum-age tobacco laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco/alternative nicotine products to persons under the age of 21. The following three (3) establishments failed to successfully pass the compliance check, resulting in City Ordinance citations for selling tobacco/alternative nicotine product to a person under the age of 21 years old: CBD Vape Smoke – 4003 Plainfield/Naperville Rd. Speedway – 631 N. Rt. 59 Murphy Express – 2804 Hassert Blvd. With the help from a grant awarded by the Illinois Department of Human Services Tobacco Enforcement Program, the Naperville Police Department educates local tobacco/alternative nicotine product retailers on minimum-age tobacco/nicotine product laws and the importance of verifying the age of customers before selling age-restrictive products such as tobacco/alternative nicotine products. Tobacco/alternative nicotine product retailers are given a retailer education packet and notified that the compliance checks are going to occur in the near future. The Naperville Police wish to remind the public and the news media that a charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. This press release was produced by the City of Naperville. The views expressed here are the author's own.