RT>GT>In PA, underage smoking, unlike underage drinking, is not a crime.
RT>  >Underage purchase of cigarettes, or buying cigarettes for minors IS a
RT>  >crime.  As a police officer, I can not charge a kid for simply smoking.
RT>  >If Icatch him buying smokes, or catch a store selling to him, then I 
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RT>  >charge someone with a crime.
RT>Have you, or do you know of any LEO that has ever arrested a merchant
RT>for selling cigarettes to a minor?
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I have known of several cases over my career. Some of which were handled
by my subordinates when I was a supervisor with Dallas.  There was also
a well publicized crack down in a Dallas suburb recently where several
merchants were cited.
The Ole Sarge
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