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State Sting Suspends Walmart Cigarette Sales 

Jump to full article: KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio (Kodiak, AK), 2009-01-29

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The Kodiak Walmart has had its license to sell tobacco suspended for about a month, because it illegally sold tobacco to a minor. As a result, Walmart plans to implement an I.D.-all policy statewide for all tobacco and alcohol sales, and retrain Walmart employees at the Kodiak store.

Jennifer Spall, Walmart's public affairs officer for Alaska, said the Kodiak incident was a result of human error on the part of a Walmart cashier.

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