Naperville Police Department issued the following announcement on Nov. 9.
The Naperville Police Department recently completed a round of tobacco/alternative nicotine product compliance checks in Naperville during the first week of November. The compliance checks were performed at 76 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 two (2) establishments failed to successfully pass the compliance check, resulting in one warning and one City Ordinance citation for selling tobacco/alternative nicotine product to a person under the age of 21 years old:
Ogden Wine and Spirit – 1568 Ogden Ave.
Vape 58 – 635 E. Ogden Ave.
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 are notified that the checks are going to occur in the near future.
The Naperville Police wish to remind the public and the news media that a charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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