The Salem Police Department reports two of the city’s 15 tobacco retailers sold product to an underage person working with the police department.
They were the Phillips 66 on South Broadway where clerk Kriston Loyd of Salem was cited with a city ordinance violation ticket for sale of tobacco to a minor and Motomart on West Main where clerk Chanse Simmons of Salem was sited.
Salem Police report the compliance checks are performed to determine if local tobacco retailers are complying with state and local minimum age tobacco laws, which prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors. With the help of a grant awarded by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s ‘Kids Can’t Buy ‘Em Here’ Tobacco Enforcement Program, the Salem Police department has educated tobacco retailers on minimum-age tobacco laws and the importance of verifying the age of their customers while conducting compliance checks of area tobacco retailers.
