Board Orders Tobacco Sales Suspensions
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The Board unanimously approved seven-day tobacco sales suspensions for Big W Smoke Shop and Family Mini Mart after each sold tobacco products to a person under 21; both cases carried $2,000 second-violation fines.
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What this means
The suspensions temporarily prohibit both Worcester retailers from selling tobacco products. The Board also reviewed health trends, including a decrease in COVID-19 cases from 187 in September to 57 in October, while staff said influenza activity remained low. Environmental health staff reported 970 food permits issued during the year and 103 routine food inspections in October.
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- Approved a unanimous seven-day suspension of Big W Smoke Shop’s tobacco sales permit for a second violation.
- Approved a unanimous seven-day suspension of Family Mini Mart’s tobacco sales permit for a second violation; the $2,000 fine had already been issued.
- Approved the previous meeting’s minutes unanimously.
- Agreed to coordinate an in-person Board training session with the Office of Refugees and Immigrants and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; the session would not be recorded.
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