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Board of Health waives 7‑day suspension for Stop and Save after second underage tobacco sale, orders employee training
Summary
At its Sept. 29 meeting the Fall River Board of Health waived a 7‑day suspension for Stop and Save at 101 Preston Ave. after a compliance check found a second sale to a minor, imposed a $2,000 fine, and required employee completion of online age‑verification training; board warned a future violation would trigger a 30‑day suspension.
The Fall River Board of Health on Sept. 29 voted to waive a 7‑day suspension for Stop and Save at 101 Preston Avenue after a compliance check on Sept. 4 found a second sale of tobacco to a person under the minimum legal age, but the board ordered the store’s employees to complete online age‑verification training and warned that a subsequent violation could result in a mandatory 30‑day suspension.
The board’s action confirms penalties already assessed for the incident — a $2,000 fine and the 7‑day suspension — while substituting the suspension with mandatory training and a warning consistent with the board’s recent practice of waiving brief suspensions for second…
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