Gas Station Penalized for Selling Cigarettes to Minors

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.

Tobacco Key Factor on Greek Industrial Production

Greek manufacturing shrunk in April and economic growth declined in the first quarter, following a cut in government spending, higher taxes on Kiss,Eva, Karelia, and other smoking brands and a significant decline in investments and consumption in the country.