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09/02/2015 12:00 AMOn Sept. 1, the Guilford Police Department and staff members of the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) Tobacco Prevention and Enforcement Program (TPEP), conducted unannounced compliance inspections of establishments that sell tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. Thes inspections were performed in an effort to determine compliance with state laws concerning the prohibition of the sale of e-cigarettes and/or tobacco products to youth under age 18.
Under the direction and supervision of DMHAS investigators, an underage youth employed by TPEP entered each establishment and attempted to purchase tobacco products.
A total of 14 unannounced compliance inspections were conducted. Of this total, three establishments were found to be in violation of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Sec. 53-344(b), sale of tobacco to minors under 18. The offending clerks at these establishments were issued a $200 infraction. As of Oct. 1, 2008, it is illegal for any person under the age of 18 years old to possess tobacco in public.
Learn more at www.ct.gov/dmhas.
The following Guilford establishments found to be in violation are as follows:
• Citgo, 455 Boston Post Road
• Guilford Quick Mart LLC, 500 Boston Post Road
• Deli Unlimited Inc., 1099 Boston Post Road
The following Guilford businesses were found to be in compliance with the law:
• Southern High Mart LLC (Mobil), 490 Boston Post Road
• Guilford Spirit Shoppe, 637 Boston Post Road
• Walmart Store 3544, 900 Boston Post Road
• Big Y World Class Market, 830 Boston Post Road
• Shoreline Wine Merchant Inc., 1015 Boston Post Road
• Mobil Mart, 1146 Boston Post Road
• Guilford Wine Company, 1200 Boston Post Road
• Walgreens store 1455, 1116 Boston Post Road
• Xpress Fuel, 1148 Boston Post Road
• Xtra Mart Convenience Store, 1675 Boston Post Road
• Sunshine Daydream Inc., 2941 Boston Post Road