EN>RT>GT>In PA, underage smoking, unlike underage drinking, is not a crime.
  >RT>  >Underage purchase of cigarettes, or buying cigarettes for minors IS 

  >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
  >can
  >RT>  >charge someone with a crime.
EN>RT>Have you, or do you know of any LEO that has ever arrested a merchant
  >RT>for selling cigarettes to a minor?
  >RT>---
EN>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.
Thanks Earl.  Thats encouraging.  I didn't know if this was one of those
seldom, if ever, enforced laws that made people feel good because they
were on the books, but weren't really effective.  I'm glad that, at
least in Texas, the law is meaningful.  Now if we could just get the age
discrimination out of it..... :)
Ron
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