Sheriff John E. Zaruba announced Wednesday that in their ongoing effort to reduce access children have to tobacco products in a retail environment, DuPage County sheriff's deputies, accompanied by underage teens, recently completed the third of three rounds of tobacco compliance checks at 50 retail outlets in unincorporated DuPage County.
All retailers were found compliant and did not sell tobacco to the minor who was under age 18. If the retailer was found in noncompliance, the retailer would be given an ordinance violation that could result in a $200 fine.
These checks are made possible by a grant from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Terms of the grant require deputies to conduct educational programs for tobacco retailers prior to verifying their compliance with a local ordinance forbidding the sale of tobacco products to anyone under age 18.
"With all the health warnings out about smoking, teens continue to get hooked on tobacco even though it is bad for them," Zaruba said. "The sheriff's office conducts these compliance checks at retail establishments in DuPage County in an effort to keep tobacco out of the hands of minors in hopes that the never start to use tobacco products."
The sheriff's office has participated in the "Kids Can't Buy 'Em Here" program for the past nine years.
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