“This has left local business owners questioning the city-mandated tobacco license they’re required to purchase to sell tobacco within the city of Cincinnati. The license costs $500 per business. “We already pay a $1,000 fee to the state of Ohio, to be in the business that we’re in,” said Jim Clark, owner of Straus Tobbacconist, a specialty tobacco shop Downtown. “And that’s a lot.”
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