The Westminster Police Department is cracking down on illegal tobacco product sales to minors, and educating the community in the process. The department has been conducting a variety of enforcement operations and educational outreach aimed at reducing illegal sales and marketing of cigarettes and tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to minors, supported by a $253,000 grant from the California Department of Justice Tobacco Grant Program. The funding is critical, not only for enforcing laws related to sales of tobacco products, but to educate the business community and the public as to the health-related consequences of tobacco use, particularly by minors, said…