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BOARD OF HEALTH :
November 26, 2002
Cumberland Farms Inc. '
d/b!a Cumberland Farms#2262
. Attn: T�Dept.
777 Dedham Street
Canton, MA 02021
Re: Tobacco Sales Compliance Check
_ Location: 1297 Route 28, South Yaxmouth, MA
Deaz'Yarmouth Merchant:
The Cape Cod Tobacco Control Program, in collaboration with the Yarmouth Health Department,
has recently completed a compliance check to determine if minors(anyone under the age of 18)could
purchase tobacco products from your store.
Minors were able to purchase tobacco in yoar store during a comp6ance check on the
afternoon of November 20, 2002. (Time - 5:27 p.m.; Employee was male, approgimately 45
years of age.)
Minars were sent into thirty-eight(38)Yarmouth establishments licensed to sell cigarettes to attempt
purchases. If the clerk asked the minors their age or if the tobacco was for them,the minors told the
truth. It is against Massachusetts law and the Yarmouth Board of Health regulation for anyone to
sell tobacco products to people under the age of eighteen
As this is your store's first violation in the last four compliance checks, this letter is to serve as a
W.arning. ,A Board of$ealth he�ar�in has been,schedul�cci for Monday,Decemb�r 16,2002, at � .;
4:15 p.m:at`the Yarmouth Town Ha11 Hearing Rootri`You�a�r a representative must�ppear at this `
hearing. At this heazing you must inform the Board of what steps you have taken to prevent future
tobacco sales to minors. Future violations will result in f�es a�d your required appearance at a �:`
Boarti of Health heazing, where the Board wi� determine if your tobacco license should be ' � �- s'
suspended,�revoked, or other penalties assessed.
For your information, minors were successful in purchasi�g �igarettes at two out of thirty-eight � xa� -
Yarmouth establis�itnents which sell tobacco products. `''
If you ha.ve any questions or comments regarding the above matt�r,°I can be reached at the Health
Department at(508)398-2231,e�. 241,Monday through F�iday, dtii'ing the'office hours of 9:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m.
Sincerely,
ce G. Murphy, MPH
Director of Health
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cc: Board of Health
Robert C. Lawton, Jr., Town Administrator
Tricia Lindauer, Cape Cod Tobacco Control Prograrn
Cumberland Farms#2262, 1297 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA '
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