In 2007, Phillips 66^® joined 40 attorneys general in creating the Assurance of Voluntary Compliance to help prevent the sales of tobacco products to minors. We believe that by adopting prevention efforts, we can help to keep our youth safer.  

Click here for a copy of this letter and please provide to your site(s) before April 1, 2023. You can confirm this step is complete by using the Tobacco Assurance – Manage Compliance link found on the BizLink homepage or clicking this link.  

If you have not already done so, we recommend that you establish your own compliance check and tobacco compliance program. Several prevention tactics that you can implement at your site(s) are listed below: 

• Adopt standards for hiring and training employees regarding sale of tobacco products, including instructing employees on the compelling health reasons underlying restrictions on youth access to tobacco. 
• Instruct store employees to check I.D. for all tobacco customers who appear to be under 35 and accept only valid government-issued photo I.D. 
• Use security videotapes of tobacco sales transactions to monitor compliance and post signs warning would-be underage purchasers that their attempt to purchase may be caught on tape. 
• Program cash registers to aid store employees, when possible (for example, by locking when a tobacco product is scanned and prompting the store employee to ask for I.D.). 
• Eliminate self-service tobacco displays, including vending machines, and prohibit distribution of free tobacco products on store property. 
• Designate an employee who will be responsible for addressing compliance with underage tobacco sale laws and who will monitor implementation of policies and procedures as well as review reports of violations of laws concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors.