Crime & Safety
Kendall County Retailers Pass Tobacco Compliance Checks
Sheriff's police conducted compliance checks on Feb. 20.
Kendall County Sheriff's police recently conducted a compliance sweep at tobacco retailers — and local businesses passed with flying colors.
"All of the tobacco retailers in unincorporated Kendall County were in compliance will Illinois tobacco laws," Deputy Brian Harl said in a press release. The compliance checks were completed on Feb. 20.
The checks are done to determine whether local tobacco retailers are complying with state minimum-age tobacco laws which prohibit the sale of tobacco to persons under the age of 18.
Compliance checks are funded by a grant awarded by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s “Kids Can’t Buy ‘Em Here” Tobacco Enforcement Program.
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