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Crackdown on stores selling tobacco to Hawaii's kids  

Some hopeful news in the fight against illegal tobacco sales to Hawaii's youth - a state survey shows a significant drop in the number of stores selling tobacco products to minors.

This year's survey released by the Hawaii State Department of Health's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division shows the number of tobacco sales to minors has almost been cut in half compared to last year's survey.

Much of the credit goes to some undercover teens. At the capitol on Monday, they displayed the cigarettes from actual packs they bought from stores across the state. Some were even sold, after the teens told the clerks their age.

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