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Lynn Board of Health upholds suspensions, fines in two tobacco-sale appeals
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the Lynn Board of Health upheld enforcement recommendations in two separate tobacco-sale appeals: a three-day suspension and $1,000 fine for a first-time offense at a Western Avenue convenience store, and a seven-day suspension and $2,000 fine for a second violation at Maya’s Market.
Lynn Board of Health members on March 4 upheld staff recommendations to suspend tobacco permits and levy fines in two separate enforcement appeals involving retail sales of tobacco products to underage purchasers.
The board voted to uphold a three-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for a convenience store at 570 Western Ave. after a February 6 compliance check found a clerk sell a single cigarillo to an underage buyer. The board also upheld a seven-day suspension and a $2,000 fine for Maya’s Market, after a January 30 compliance check recorded a second violation and an owner who told staff she was considering surrendering the permit instead of contesting the penalty.
Board members described the enforcement as mechanical and bound by the city’s tobacco regulations. “The laws are the laws, and you don't have a lot of gray areas,” Lisa (board member)…
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