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Board upholds 15‑day suspension for downtown convenience store after decoy sale to minor
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 7 upheld a 15‑day suspension of Russell’s Convenience’s tobacco‑sales permit after a Department of Public Health decoy purchase found a clerk sold cigarettes to a 16‑year‑old. The board voted 4–0 to sustain the suspension under Health Code §1009.66.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 7 sustained a 15‑day suspension of the tobacco‑sales permit for Russell’s Convenience after a department investigation found the store sold cigarettes to a 16‑year‑old decoy.
John Ojo, representing the Department of Public Health, told the board the store’s clerk sold a pack of cigarettes to a minor decoy on Oct. 24, 2007, during an SFPD monitoring action and that an officer recovered marked city money from the…
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