7-Eleven Can't Shut Down Suit Over Health Plan Tobacco Fees

By Grace Elletson ( February 20, 2026, 7:42 PM EST) -- A Texas federal judge has kept alive a former 7-Eleven worker's lawsuit claiming the convenience store chain illegally charged employees a $720 annual fee if they used tobacco, saying she showed the company may not have done enough to give workers an alternative to paying the fee....

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