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100% Compliance for Village of Mount Pleasant Tobacco Retailers
WI Wins tobacco retailer compliance checks conducted in partnership with the Village of Mount Pleasant Police Department.
The Wisconsin Wins (WI Wins) program, facilitated locally by the Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties (KRW) Tobacco-Free Coalition, utilizes a state-wide, strategic approach to decrease youth access to tobacco products and prevent youth nicotine addiction. These goals are achieved through community partnerships with local law enforcement agencies and businesses, by providing retailer training and
conducting compliance checks. Eleven tobacco retailer compliance checks were conducted on December 10, 2016 in the Village of Mount Pleasant with the assistance of Officer Matt Prochaska and three underage WI Wins youth volunteers. No illegal tobacco sales were made to our youth volunteers who made 11 separate purchase attempts of a pack of Newport cigarettes.
Officer Prochaska and the WI Wins local program facilitator congratulated the employees of the following retailers who asked for and checked the i.d.s of the youth volunteers and denied the tobacco sales.
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SF Petroleum-2325 Racine St.; Max Baja Supermarket-2145 Mead St.; Passehl BP-4625 Taylor Ave.; Pick N Save #6891-2820 S. Green Bay Rd.; Walgreens-6125 Durand Ave.; Piggly Wiggly #37-5600 Spring St.; Walgreens #09606-4901 Spring St.; Pick N Save #6856-1202 N. Green Bay Rd.; Kwik Trip-4924 Spring St.; Piggly Wiggly #343-5201 Washington Ave. and Marathon Gas-9725 Northwestern Ave.
Employees who do sell are provided education resources about the tobacco sales law, checking i.d.s and the free online tobacco sales training and certification program, www.smokecheck.org.
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We thank Chief of Police, Tim Zarzecki and Officer Matt Prochaska of the Village of Mount Pleasant Police Department for support of the WI Wins program and the local businesses that decrease youth access to tobacco products, creating a healthier community.
For more information about the WI Wins program, please visit www.wiwins.org. For more information about local tobacco prevention and control efforts, please visit www.krwcoalitio.com.