Council approves nine-month ban on permits for smoke shops
Jeff Warren (center, in 2019) got the City Council to pass a resolution for a nine-month moratorium on approving permits for “tobacco shops, head shops ... and vape product shops.” (Daily Memphian file)
The moratorium is a reaction to plans for a smoke shop on McLean Boulevard across from Snowden School in Midtown.
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