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The Board of Health unanimously approved amendments restricting tobacco sales near schools and prohibiting the sale or distribution of oral nicotine pouches containing up to 6 milligrams of nicotine per pouch. The board also discussed significantly higher flu cases than last year and the possibility of another children's vaccine clinic.
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Retail tobacco permits near schools will be handled under new distance rules: existing and new applicants within 500 feet are grandfathered in, while new retail-location applications must be 1,000 feet from a school. Oral nicotine pouches with up to 6 milligrams of nicotine per pouch may not be sold or distributed. The board also plans outreach to increase use of library blood-pressure kits and discussed a possible additional children's vaccine clinic because flu cases are significantly higher than last year.
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