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Blackstone Board of Health Orders Training, Suspensions After Tobacco Compliance Violations at Two Stores
Summary
After retail education inspections found flavored tobacco, self-service displays and out-of-package sales, the board ordered owner and staff training and imposed or confirmed short permit suspensions and fines for DNH Variety and Blackstone Market.
The Town of Blackstone Board of Health reviewed tobacco compliance inspections and voted to require retailer training and confirm short permit suspensions for two stores after agents found multiple violations, including flavored tobacco products, self-service displays and out-of-package sales.
Jody Briganti, a tobacco control agent with the Tobacco Control Alliance, told the board that an inspection at D and H (listed in the record as DNH Variety) on Jan. 10 found a second violation for offering flavored tobacco products, triggering a $2,000 fine and a three-day permit suspension that had been paused; she said previous violations included a February 7, 2024 retail-education warning for flavored Backwoods cigars and a…
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