85% OF RETAILERS PASS TOBACCO COMPLIANCE CHECK
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 -- 11:30 AM
Clark County Health officials are saying ?thank you? to the retailers who passed recent tobacco compliance checks.In conjunction with the [url=http://wiwins.org/]WiWins program[/url], random checks were conducted over the summer around the county. An underage volunteer went into retailers and attempted to purchase tobacco products.
About 85% of the businesses passed the compliance check by requesting to see ID and not selling the tobacco products to the minor.
A ?Thank you for Checking? card and letter was sent out to those retailers.
When a business fails to be compliant, the local Police Department is notified and a warning/citation may be given. A letter is also sent to the manager informing them of the sale along with a card offering free training on how to check ID?s.
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