Health Board Fines Two Tobacco Sellers for Underage Sales
Belmont Board of Health fined two tobacco retailers $1,000 each on July 27 for selling nicotine products to minors. At public hearings, Reilly Ellis, Regional Tobacco Control Coordinator, testified that both 328 Food Mart and Pleasant Street Star K Gas failed to verify age on May 16 sales to
Board of Health · Meeting of July 27, 2026
Belmont Board of Health fined two tobacco retailers $1,000 each on July 27 for selling nicotine products to minors. At public hearings, Reilly Ellis, Regional Tobacco Control Coordinator, testified that both 328 Food Mart and Pleasant Street Star K Gas failed to verify age on May 16 sales to underage customers. The Hearing Authority, composed of Chair Stephen M.
Fiore, Vice Chair David M. Dudzinski, and Member Julie C. Lemay, voted unanimously to sustain violation orders and impose the penalties plus 7-day sales suspensions.
Written determinations are due by August 26. The Board also approved an internal grease-trap installation for Godsend Chocolate after external connection proved impossible.
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Source: the Board of Health meeting of July 27, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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