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The Board denied Naomesco’s request for an exemption from Worcester’s 500-foot tobacco-retailer density rule by a 3–2 vote and voted 5–1 to study separate rules for smoking bars and retail tobacco stores.
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The Board did not adopt the revised tobacco regulations at this meeting. Members continued reviewing rules that would keep 500-foot spacing between retail tobacco stores, similar establishments, and schools, while potentially removing spacing between retail stores and smoking bars. Staff will prepare a finalized draft for another Board review before a public hearing planned for June 1. Communicable disease updates also showed influenza cases up about 31% and COVID-19 cases down about 40% from the prior reporting period.
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