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The Board of Health voted 4-0 to devote its next meeting primarily to reviewing proposed tobacco regulations before deciding when to advertise them and schedule a public hearing. The draft would keep the 235-permit cap, including 15 permits for smoking bars, maintain a 500-foot school buffer, and remove the buffer between tobacco businesses.
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No final tobacco regulation was adopted at this meeting. Board members want more time to examine how removing the business-to-business buffer could affect concentrations of tobacco retailers and to compare possible alternatives. The next review is scheduled for March 9, 2026, with a public hearing listed for April 6, 2026.
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