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Teen Smoking


Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face
today. Many communities can only watch without action while local businesses
continue to sell tobacco products to minors, even under risk of penalty of law.
Recent studies show that a large percentage of teens today are getting
their cigarettes from stores, mostly gas stations or convenience store. As
teens continue to be able to buy their own cigarettes, more and more communities
begin to impose stronger punishments on merchants who sell to the teens.
One community has experienced success in their attempts to stop the sale
of tobacco products to minors. Woodridge, Illinois, started a program seven
years ago which forbade and strictly punished the sale of tobacco products to
minors. The entire program includes local licensing of vendors, repeated
undercover inspections to see if the sale to minors has stopped, and education
programs in schools. Woodridge has become a model community as......

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