Compliance Checks Toolkit

Age-verification compliance checks are an important tool to prevent illegal sales of commercial tobacco and cannabis to underage youth. They also help evaluate the effectiveness of laws and policies, promote compliance, and provide guidance for future enforcement and policymaking. This toolkit covers guidelines for state-mandated age-verification compliance checks of retailers licensed to sell commercial tobacco, cannabis, and low-potency hemp edible (LPHE) products in Minnesota. In Minnesota, commercial tobacco, cannabis, and LPHE products cannot be sold to individuals under the age of 21.