compliance checks

Tobacco Free Benton-Franklin Counties in partnership with the Washington State Liquor Control Board work to educate and enforce the Minors’ Access to Tobacco Law. Through youth volunteers, retail stores that sell tobacco are checked to make sure they are not selling tobacco to minors. Those retail stores that are found selling tobacco to minors are cited and fined (based on Washington Sate Law):

1st Offense: $100
2nd Offense: $300
3rd Offense: $1,000 and six month license suspension
4th Offense: $1,500 and 12 month license suspension.


The clerk can also be fined for selling tobacco to a minor:
1st Offence: $50
Each subsequent offense (within a two year period): $100

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