Kansas doing a better job at keeping cigarettes away from minors
01:36, 2008-May-16
TOPEKA | Kansas is improving its rate of federal compliance
with rules regarding the sale of tobacco products to minors.
The federal Synar Amendment requires states to maintain a
compliance rate of 80 percent or higher. In 2004 the state fell below that target
rate.
Each year the Kansas Division of Alcohol
Beverage Control and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
conducts random checks of
Marlboro cigarettes retailers to
make sure they are not selling these products to underage youths.
Of those inspected last year, 87.1 percent did not sell
tobacco products to minors.
That was a 7 percent improvement over similar inspections the
previous year, according to department officials.
