The Pana Police Department has conducted and finalized another round of Tobacco Compliance Checks. All of the investigated businesses passed the compliance checks.

These checks were performed at 10 Local businesses, in Pana, to see if businesses would sell age restricted products such as alcohol or tobacco and vape products to an underage minor.

These compliance checks are performed and executed by both the Christian County Health Department as well as Pana Police Department to ensure that regulations on the sale of age restricted products are followed. Compliance checks are anonymous, similar to the concepts of a secret shopper.

Usually an officer or an emissary for the police department will make an attempt to purchase alcohol or tobacco products either without showing ID, with an ID that is expired, or an ID that may even show the person is not of age.

To pass compliance, the business must firest request to see ID. Then, if the provided ID is not sufficient, simply decline the sale.

For example, if you look under 40 years old in most cases, the business must ask you for your ID.

If you choose not to provide it, don’t own an ID currently, or your ID is expired, the transaction must be denied.

All 10 businesses that were looked into passed the compliance check by asking for proof of age, denying sales to individuals who refused to provide ID, or by catching underage consumers trying to make an age restricted purchase.

More tobacco compliance checks will continue to be scheduled throughout the year at random to ensure that Pana businesses continue to follow regulations.

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