City Of Naperville: Naperville Police Announce Results Of Recent Tobacco/Alternative Nicotine Product Compliance Check

Naperville IL

18 December, 2021

8:13 AM

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Press release from the City of Naperville: December 17, 2021 The Naperville Police Department recently completed a round of tobacco/alternative nicotine product compliance checks in early December. The compliance checks were performed at 77 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 (1) establishment failed to successfully pass the compliance check, resulting in a City Ordinance citation for selling tobacco/alternative nicotine product to a person under the age of 21 years old: BP Gas Station – 2888 Book Road 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. This press release was produced by the City of Naperville. The views expressed here are the author's own.