Compliance checks

TOBACCO COMPLIANCE CHECKS

What are Compliance Checks?

Since March 2002, MOTAC has been working with the Omaha Police Department and Nebraska State Patrol to ensure that regular Tobacco Compliance Checks are completed in Douglas County.

Attempts are made to check each tobacco retail license holder quarterly throughout the year. PRIDE-Omaha Inc. coordinates these efforts which involve a plain clothed police officer accompanying a Cooperating Individual (CI) who is a minor that attempts to purchase tobacco products. CIs are minors who use their own ID and make not attempt to look over the legal purchase age.

These compliance checks are critical in keeping tobacco products out of the hands of our youth. National research has shown that when communities consistently conduct regular compliance checks and keep failures below 10%, children are less likely to use tobacco products in those communities.