Glen Ellyn Walmart Fails Tobacco Compliance Check

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office recently completed the first of three rounds of tobacco compliance checks at 38 retail outlets in unincorporated DuPage County.

Three businesses were cited for selling tobacco to a minor under the age of 18.

The following businesses were issued an ordiance citation on Nov. 4:

• Walgreens at 10s370 Kingery Hwy in Willowbrook
• Walmart at 3s100 IL Route 53 in Glen Ellyn

The following business was cited on Nov. 21:

• Speedway at 21w400 North Avenue in Lombard

Sales of tobacco to teens could result in a $200 fine for the violator.

The compliance checks are made possible by a grant from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, according to a news release from the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office.

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 the age of eighteen.

“I am pleased with the level of compliance achieved during this first round of tobacco compliance checks,” DuPage County Sheriff John E. Zaruba said. “However, our goal is always for 100% compliance. We will continue to educate retailers and their staff of the laws in an effort to reduce our children’s access to tobacco products.”

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