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Jump to full article: Nebraska City (NE) News-Press, 2009-11-16
Intro: Each year the rate of tobacco sales to under-aged youth is tested through a collaboration between the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Nebraska State Patrol and the City of Omaha Police Department.
"We encourage merchants to review their procedures to stop tobacco sales to minors, and to have their employees always ask for identification from those wanting to buy tobacco products," said Scot Adams, Ph.D., director of the DHHS Division of Behavioral Health. "IDs should be carefully reviewed, because it's illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under 18."
Nebraska's buy rate has been edging up since 2005, when the rate was 10.7 percent. In 2009, cooperating teens attempted buys in 767 locations and made purchases in 104, for a statewide rate of 13.6 percent.
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