STOP SALES TO MINORS
Stop Sales to Minors is a training designed to help retailers comply with laws about selling commercial tobacco, e-cigarettes, tobacco-related devices, cannabis, low-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products in Minnesota.
There are two versions of this training:
The tobacco training covers state and federal laws about the sale of commercial tobacco and nicotine products in Minnesota. It takes about one hour to complete and requires a score of at least 20 out of 25 questions answered correctly to receive a certificate of completion. The certificate will be emailed to the email address provided by the retailer at registration.
The cannabis training covers Minnesota laws about the sale of cannabis, low-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products. It takes about one hour to complete and requires a score of at least 18 out of 22 questions answered correctly to receive a certificate of completion. The certificate will be emailed to the email address provided by the retailer at registration.
The Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota originally created this training in 2016, and updated subsequently in 2020 and 2026. The Public Health Law Center and the Minnesota Department of Human Services-Behavioral Health Division assisted with development of this training.
The cannabis retailer training was added in 2026. The City of Minneapolis Health Department CSUP funded and assisted in the development of the cannabis retailer training.
For any questions on the training, or if you are a licensing authority looking for a list of tobacco retailers in your area that have passed the training, please contact Katie Engman at katie@ansrmn.org.
Additional Resources
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This is Our Watch: FDA's program to help retailers comply with federal regulations
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Compliance Checks Toolkit: Learn about age-verification compliance checks