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• Shell, 46 States and DC, to Curb Youth Tobacco Sales (Update2) 

Shell Oil Products U.S., a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, agreed with the attorneys general of 46 states and the District of Columbia to help curb sales of tobacco products to minors at about 13,000 gas stations.

``By preventing a teen from smoking, we can protect the health of the next generation,'' Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said today in a statement. Under the agreement, Shell will pay the states $100,000 for costs incurred in their probe.

Motiva Enterprises LLC, a Houston-based oil refiner with operations in the southeastern U.S., also is joining the accord . . .

Under the accord, retail stores located at the stations will be required to tell the oil company if tobacco products are being sold to people who are too young to legally buy them. Employees will receive training on the health risks faced by underage smokers, and Shell will conduct periodic spot checks to ensure compliance, said Brown.

The four states that didn't participate in the settlement were Indiana, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., 7-Eleven Inc. and Walgreen Co. are among other retailers that have joined

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