A local gas station won’t be able to sell tobacco products over the July 4th holiday weekend after being caught selling cigarettes to a minor during sting. Selectmen, acting as the town’s Board of Health, voted unanimously Monday to suspend the license of the Sunoco gas station at 157 S. Main St., from July 3 to July 5, following a public hearing where Health Officer Jeanne Spalding said Marlboro, Pall Mall cigarettes were sold to a minor at the station during a sting operation on May 6.
Although three other gas stations also sold cigarettes to minors, Sunoco was the only one whose tobacco license was suspended after selectmen were miffed station representatives did not attend the public hearing.
Each violator was issued a letter on May 24 notifying them of the public hearing. Spalding said it was a first violation for each retailer.
“I’m disappointed no one from Sunoco is here. This is a serious thing and sends a message to me that they don’t consider it a big deal,” said Selectman Alfred P. Rullo Jr.
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