Lynn health board upholds tobacco suspension, grants permit extension

Board of Health · Meeting of June 2, 2026

Lynn Board of Health upholds tobacco suspension, extends permit deadline for Chatham Street shop. The board denied a Lynnway gas station owner's request to lift a three-day license suspension tied to an April 11 sale of a Backwoods cigarillo to an underage decoy, though members let him choose the suspension's timing after he paid the $1,000 fine. "The Board of Health has the authority to determine if a violation occurred or not, not to change the terms of the fine or the suspension," the chairperson said.

Separately, the board voted unanimously to extend a special-permit deadline for a proposed tobacco and vaping shop at 431-433 Chatham Street until the applicant's July 1 City Council hearing, after applicant Jack said, "I have four children that I feed from this business that I've been out of for a year." A member flagged the shop sits roughly 0.3 miles from an elementary school, versus the 0.8 miles the applicant had cited.

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Source: the Board of Health meeting of June 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.