More California Teens Get Tobacco Products, New Statistics Show

Tulare County goes on record that “Preventing youth from purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products illegally is an important goal of our program,” the Porterville Recorder explains. Citing statistics showing that the illegal sale of tobacco products decreased from 13.2 percent in 2006 to only 5.6 percent in 2011, officials specifically work with the non-traditional tobacco retailers who may be targeted by youngsters in an attempt to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products. …