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EXCERPTS FROM Three companies accused of selling tobacco products to minors
 
By Tim Bryant, St. Louis Post-Dispatch [05/26/00]
 

                 Attorney General Jay Nixon is suing three companies, alleging that
               their rates of illegal sales of tobacco products of minors is well above
               the state average.

               In suits filed today in St. Louis, Independence and Springfield, Nixon is
               seeking court orders to halt the illegal sales. Defendants in the civil suits
               are 7-Eleven, Walgreen and Discount Smoke Shops Inc.

               The suits are a result of a 27-month investigation that produced 8,269
               checks at stores across Missouri. The checks showed a 30 percent
               non-compliance rate at Walgreen, a 45 percent rate at 7-Eleven and a
               50 percent rate at Discount Smoke, Nixon said.