Tobacco Minor Sting Operation -Angelina County
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 73 attempts in March, April and May, 7 citations were issued to businesses that sold tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to minors and 66 businesses did not sell to minors:
Dollar General #18012; 1606 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin TX 75901
Walgreens #05792; 102 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Brookshire Brothers #5; 906 N Timberland, Lufkin, TX 75901
Vape N Smoke; 912 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Zaks Food Mart #1; 1910 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Lufkin Smoke & Daiquiri Shop; 205 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Family Dollar #26064; 419 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
La Michoacana Meat Market; 416 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
HEB Food Store #617; 111 N 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
Vape World; 412 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
Family Dollar #21899; 730 S Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Dollar General Store #692; 522 S Chestnut St #C, Lufkin, TX 75901
Brookshire Brothers #1; 301 S Chestnut Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
On The Road #101; 1001 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
JR Food Mart; 1114 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
On the Road #111; 3503 S Chestnut St, Lufkin, TX 75901
Pilot Travel Center #1023 1920 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
Big's #3820; 2400 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
Dollar General Store #22841; 2205 Old Union Rd, Lufkin, TX 75904
Big's 3819; 103 N John Redditt, Lufkin, TX 75904
Family Dollar #32452; 5104 Ted Trout Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Lucky's #2; 3385 Ted Trout Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Brookshire Brothers Express #110; 5750 Ted Trout Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Brookshire Brothers Express #114, 6564 Ted Trout Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Dollar General Store #6593; 6975 State Hwy 94, Lufkin, TX 75904
Hot Spot #7; 900 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Uday #30; 612 Frank, Lufkin, TX 75904
Family Dollar #26227; 1891 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Brookshire Brothers #25; 1807 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Walgreens #12601; 1000 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Dollar General Store #995; 1707 Deans Way, Lufkin, TX 75904
Lucky's; 1707 John Redditt, Lufkin, TX 75904
Munch Market #1; 2701 N Raguet St, Lufkin, TX 75904
Big's 3814; 1004 S John Redditt, Lufkin, TX 75904
Zak's Food Mart #2; 1902 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Vape N Smoke #4; 1873 W Frank Ave, Lufkin, TX 75904
Vape World; 412 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
Brookshire Express #118; 2106 S First St, Lufkin, TX 75901
Murphy USA #7653; 2106 S First St, Lufkin, TX 75904
Dollar General Store #6268; 2422 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
Family Dollar #29124; 2500 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
On The Road #102; 2909 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
Dollar General Store #21692; 6953 S US Highway 69, Lufkin, TX 75901
UDay #31; 6480 S US Highway 69, Lufkin, TX 75901
Homer Mini Mart; 7075 S US Highway 69, Lufkin, TX 75901
Little Boots Food Mart #1; 101 N US Highway 69, Huntington, TX, 75949
Brookshire Brothers Express #81; 198 E Main St, Zavalla, TX 75980
Dollar General Store #10131; 231 State Highway 147, Zavalla, TX 75980
Family Dollar #32691; 199 E Main St, Zavalla, TX 75980
Coleman's; 188 State Highway 147, Zavalla, TX 75980
Lakeview Grocery; 5896 State Highway 147, Zavalla, TX 75980
Dollar General Store #7405; 790 S US Highway 69, Huntington, TX 75949
Family Dollar #26758; 593 Hwy 69 S, Huntington, TX 75949
New Way; 461 S US Highway 69, Huntington, TX 75949
Huntington Travel Center; 191 S US Highway 69, Huntington, TX 75949
Brookshire Brothers #52; 885 S US Highway 69 Ste A, Huntington, TX 75949
Tobacco Barn #52; 885B S US Highway 69, Huntington, TX, 75949
Big's 3817; 3122 Atkinson, Lufkin, TX 75901
Munch Market; 4609 E State Highway 103, Lufkin, TX 75901
The business 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 business that failed include:
Snappy Food Mart Lufkin; 804 N Timberland Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
Family Dollar #31652; 1115 Kurth Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Gas N Go #1; 401 N Timberland, Lufkin, TX 75901
A3Z Food Mart #1; 904 S John Redditt Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
Vape N More Zavalla; 768 E Main St Rear, Zavalla, TX 75980
Dollar General Store #15051; 4136 E State Highway 103, Lufkin, TX 75901
UDAY #29; 3008 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901
For additional information, please contact The Coalition at (936) 634-9308.
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