1.   And the mayor, some note, could do his part by using his law-enforcement muscle against the many store owners who openly sell tobacco to youngsters.

2.   Ann Vry, public-relations manager for Circle K, said that each store has signs warning that tobacco is not sold to minors.

3.   Another recent federal rule requires all states to start inspection programs next year to catch businesses that sell tobacco to minors.

4.   Any store clerk who sells tobacco to a minor commits a Class C misdemeanor.

5.   Another is that retailers either intentionally or unwittingly employ clerks who follow the law when dealing with strangers but freely sell tobacco to under-age customers they know.

6.   -- A system would be established to license retailers that sell tobacco.

7.   -- A system will be established to license retailers that sell tobacco.

8.   After finding which stores would sell tobacco to minors, they alert police and tell the news media.

9.   Drugstore chains are the most likely to follow suit, although not because they are disappointed with the profits from selling tobacco, according to retailing experts.

10.   Every summer, almost all the farmers in the area would charge their purchases during the year and pay off the bill after selling their tobacco, Wilkerson recalled.