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Updated at 1:24 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2007

11 Hawaii stores cited for selling tobacco to minors

Advertiser Staff

Sales of cigarettes to minors in June yielded citations for 11 stores and possible fines of $500 to $2,000, the state Department of Health said.

The stores where clerks sold tobacco to persons under age 18 ranged from a snack shop at the state Capitol to three stores on Kaua'i.

The Health department, which conducts monthly checks of stores, said 77 stores passed the inspections