General
Sale of Illegal Cigarettes and Tobacco Products - 12/31/2009
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS INFORMATION ON SALE OF ILLEGAL CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS
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As part of the Office of the Attorney General’s continuing efforts to enforce Commonwealth laws, the OAG seeks information from any person who has knowledge of the illegal sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Tobacco is regulated in the Commonwealth and employees from the Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Health and the Office of the Attorney General, including the Attorney General’s Investigation Unit are constantly seeking information concerning illegal tobacco-related actions. Such actions include, but are not limited to: illegally importing tobacco products, selling tobacco products without proper licensure, selling cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors, selling tobacco products in improper packaging, selling tobacco products without providing a receipt to the consumer, and failing to pay proper taxes on tobacco products sold.
Any person who has any knowledge of any of the above activities is encouraged to report such information to the Attorney General’s Investigative Unit at 664-2312 or the Alcohol Beverage & Tobacco Control Division of the Department of Commerce at 664-3065 or 664-3014.
The Honorable Governor Benigno Fitial