Two Newton Stores Fail Tobacco Compliance Check

Nine stores were tested in Newton, and two sold tobacco products to minors.

Two Newton convenience stores were recently fined after they failed a tobacco compliance check conducted by the city's Health & Human Services Department.  According to a press release issued by the Health & Human Services Department, 128 Gas, 8 Circumferential Highway, and Auburndale Discount Wine & Spirits, 2101 Commonwealth Ave., each sold tobacco to a customer under the age of 18. There were a total of nine stores checked in Newton, the press release said.  “Selling cigarettes to kids is a violation of our ordinances that we take very seriously,” Newton Commissioner of Health and Human Services Dori Zaleznik, MD, said in the press release. “We know how hard it is for anyone to quit smoking, and the best thing is never to start. We want…

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