Only open 1 year, vape business license suspended for selling to minors

Police have received several complaints regarding Moshi’s Tobacco & Vape near Gurnee. The closure of the business has now been lifted, the police said.

May 8, 2024, 4:33 p.m. (CDT). | Updated May 8, 2024, 4:34 p.m. (CDT).

LAKE COUNTY, IL – Police in Lake County have fielded multiple complaints from parents, school officials and officials regarding Moshi’s Tobacco & Vape near Gurnee, where tobacco was sold to minors, since the store opened last year, authorities said last week with.

And last January, a two-week suspension was ordered at the store at 34491 North Old Walnut Circle in unincorporated Gurnee after an employee sold a tobacco product to a minor as part of compliance checks conducted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office throughout the county had sold the child. according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

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This ban was lifted on Wednesday. And the police issued a warning that the tobacco industry could sell its products again.

Christopher Covelli, deputy chief of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, said authorities wanted to bring the case to the public’s attention because police had received numerous complaints about the business.

The first complaints came shortly after the business opened in 2023, he said. The exact number of complaints is not known, but Covelli said the number is “significantly higher than complaints to any other tobacco selling company.”

“We have received numerous complaints from parents, schools and other law enforcement agencies throughout the county regarding this particular store selling to underage children,” he said. “Given the high number of complaints, we felt it prudent to make the community aware that they will be reopening soon.”

Authorities are asking anyone who hears of Moshi’s Tobacco & Vape – or any other business in the county – selling to minors to contact their local police department.