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Tobacco Minor Sting Operation -Angelina County

  • The Coalition
  • 4 days ago
  • 3 min read

The Coalition, Inc. has partnered with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Department in an effort to prevent and reduce the harmful use of tobacco products in rural areas like East Texas, where tobacco-related health problems are more prevalent.

 

The Angelina County Sheriff’s Department targeted area businesses that sell tobacco. The age limit to purchase tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is now 21, per the guidelines from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Out of the 49 attempts in June and July, 6 citations were issued to businesses that sold tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to minors and 43 businesses did not sell to minors.


  • Gas N Go #1; 401 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Vape N Smoke; 912 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Snappy Food Mart Lufkin; 804 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Walgreens #05792; 102 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • HEB Food Store #617; 111 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Brookshire Brothers #5; 906 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Family Dollar #26064; 419 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Zaks Food Mart #1; 1910 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • JR Food Mart; 1114 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • On the Road #101; 1001 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Brookshire Brothers #1; 301 S Chestnut St, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Zaks Food Mart #4; 1203 S Chestnut St, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Kwick Korner Food Mart; 203 S Timberland Dr, Lufkin , TX 75901

  • Smoke Chap; 508 S Timberland Dr Ste 102, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Zaks Food Mart #5; 612 S Timberland Dr, Lufkin , TX 75901

  • Pilot Travel Center #1023; 1920 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Love's Travel Stop #290; 1003 S Medford Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Big's 3823 909 S Medford Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Family Dollar #21899; 730 S Timberland Dr , Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Dollar General #10812; 1606 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Murphy Express #8988; 204 S Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • The Vapor Room; 1120 S Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Uday #29; 3008 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX, 75901

  • The Elevated Humidor, 122 S First St, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • On the Road 127; 4903 US Highway 59, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Big's 3850; 3019 S John Redditt Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Family Dollar #31652; 1115 Kurth Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Dollar General Store #14852; 1401 Kurth Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Dollar General Store #9976; 2606 US Highway 69 N, Lufkin ,TX 75904

  • Family Dollar #28300; 3676 S US Highway 69, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Love's Travel Stop #709; 5614 US Highway 59 N, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • On The Road #125; 3049 State Highway 103 W, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Munch Market 1; 2701 N Raguet St, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • M B Mart; 708 N Raguet St, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Zaks Food Mart #4; 620 N Raguet St, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Walgreens #12601; 1000 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Family Dollar #33436; 6861 N US Highway 69, Pollok, TX 75969

  • Brookshire Brothers Express #3; 6925 N US Highway 69, Pollok, TX 75969

  • Dollar General Store #20058; 7014 US Highway 69 N, Pollok, TX 75969

  • Pollock Mini Mart; 10951 N US Highway 69, Pollok, TX 75969

  • Brookshire Brothers Express #113; 15284 N US Highway 69, Pollok, TX 75969

  • Ganefire LLC; 7321 N US Highway 69, Pollok, TX 75969


The six businesses that sold to minors received a toolkit to assist store leadership in training employees on the importance of checking IDs and not selling to minors. The businesses that failed include:

  • Vapor World; 412 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Uday #30; 612 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Hernandez Grocery; 4602 State Highway 103 W, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • Joc Stop; 5589 US Highway 59 N, Lufkin, TX 75901

  • Big's 3825; 3889 US Highway 69 N, Lufkin, TX 75904

  • 7 Star Food Mart; 811 Kurth Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904

 

Sharon Kruk, Executive Director of The Coalition, Inc says, “Our ultimate goal is to keep the youth in our community safe from the harmful effects of underage tobacco use; we are proud to partner with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Department, TABC and TxDOT to work towards that goal.”

 

Many businesses that were visited did not sell tobacco to minors and The Coalition and the Angelina County Sheriff’s Department commend them for protecting the youth of Angelina County from the dangers of tobacco and nicotine. To see the full list of businesses and weather they sold to minors or not, visit https://www.angelinacoalition.org/.

 

For additional information, please contact The Coalition at (936) 634-9308.

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