Grand Forks Police Department Carries Out Tobacco Compliance Checks

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(KNOX) – The Grand Forks Police Department carried out tobacco compliance checks. They were done in compliance with grant funding through the Grand Forks Public Health Department and the ND Department of Health.

The Grand Forks Police Department said that they used under-age buyers from the community who are under 21 years of age.

The under-age buyer enters establishments that sell tobacco products under the supervision of a police officer in accordance with city ordinance 9-0217.

The under-age buyer attempts to purchase tobacco products while in no way concealing their actual age and promptly displaying ID when asked for it.

The officers and under-age buyers checked 20 businesses within the city of Grand Forks that had tobacco licenses that were issued by the state of North Dakota.

Of the 20 businesses that were checked there were 5 failures.

These failures had a citation issued to the clerk that sold the tobacco product.

The store will also face an administrative sanction.