Chevron Agrees to Help Curb Tobacco Aales to Minors

Source from:  Business First of Louisville - 5:10 PM EDT Thursday 06/16/2006

Kentucky has joined 27 other states in an agreement with oil company Chevron Products Co., under which Chevron will begin new procedures to reduce cigarette sales to minors. Chevron owns about 9,100 retail outlets in 32 states and Washington, D.C. There are 256 Chevron-owned outlets in Kentucky. Similar agreements have been made with 7-Eleven, CVS, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Rite Aid, and all stations operating under the Conoco, Phillips 66, Phillips 76, Exxon, Mobil, BP, Amoco and ARCO brand names. Combined, the agreements cover about 70,000 retail outlets across the nation. The agreement requires Chevron to take a number of steps to prevent youth access to tobacco, including providing annual notices of the importance of complying with youth access laws, requiring stores to report violations to the corporate office, and modifying franchise agreements to say that violations of youth access laws could constitute grounds for termination or non-renewal of the franchise agreement. Enditem