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Council approves tobacco endorsements but asks license committee to review Burn Gallery ‘pay-ticket’ campaign
Summary
Burlington City Council approved routine tobacco and tobacco‑substitute endorsement renewals and directed the license committee to report back on how the city should raise concerns about objectionable conduct by local cannabis licensees following testimony about a store campaign.
Burlington City Council approved the city’s 2025–26 tobacco and tobacco‑substitute endorsement renewals on April 28 and also asked the license committee to report back on a policy for notifying the state Cannabis Control Board about objectionable conduct by local cannabis licensees.
The action followed public testimony and a council exchange about a campaign by Burn Gallery Smoke Shop (separate from an adjacent cannabis dispensary) that reportedly offered to pay public‑consumption tickets for people ticketed for smoking cannabis in public. Tito, who identified himself as president of the Burn Gallery operation on Main Street, told the council the…
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