2017 Tobacco Retailer Compliance Checks

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jacqueline Sieracki and I am the Coordinator for the Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties (KRW) Tobacco-Free Coalition. We also facilitate the local Wisconsin Wins (WI Wins) program for our three counties. The WI Wins program 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.

I would like to share with our community that our tobacco retailer compliance checks were conducted on December 14 and 21, 2017 in the Village of Mount Pleasant and Village of Sturtevant. We congratulate the employees of the following tobacco retailer who asked for and checked the i.d. of our youth volunteer and denied the tobacco sales.

Village of Mount Pleasant

Kwik Trip, 4924Spring St.; Festival Foods, 5740 Washington Ave.; Walmart, 5625 Washington Ave.;

Washington Mobil, 6840 Washington Ave. and Satguru Petroleum, 9725 Northwestern Ave.

Village of Sturtevant

Smoker’s Center, 8700 Durand Ave.; Sturtevant Sprits and Liquor, 9604 Durand Ave.;

Durand Avenue Express Mart, 9001 Durand Ave.; Village Liquor, 8929 Durnad Ave.; Phillips 66, 8020 Durand Ave. and

Sturtevant Mobil Mart, 8920 Durand 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.WITobaccoCheck.org.

We thank the Mount Pleasant Police Department and the Sturtevant Village 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.

Sincerely,

Jacqueline Sieracki, Coordinator

KRW Tobacco-Free Coalition

(262) 358-5990, jsieracki.krw@gmail.com

www.krwcoalition.com