US EditionBill would extinguish tobacco products in phases
MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 16 – The bill aims to create a nicotine-free generation by banning sales to those born after 2006, with 17 communities already enforcing similar policies, lawmakers said.
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House hears testimony for, against total tobacco ban for those born after 2006
Massachusetts could become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, a move that some say will finally end addiction to the harmful products, but others argue removes adult choices and freedom and would hurt…
Mass. lawmakers weigh a statewide age-based nicotine ban - CommonWealth Beacon
MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS ON Monday heard heated testimony on a bill that would institute a statewide ban on nicotine sales to anyone born after a certain year – a policy that 17 communities across the state have already adopted. The Nicotine Free Generation bill – filed by Rep. Tommy Vitolo of Brookline and Sen. Jason Lewis of Winchester – would outlaw the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2006. Proponents said it will …
Bill would extinguish tobacco products in phases
Massachusetts could become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, a move that some say will finally end addiction to the harmful products, but others argue removes adult choices and freedom and would hurt small businesses.
So far, the practice has been criticized, but perfectly legal.
The tobacco debate caught attention on Monday in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. Legislators are considering initiatives to create a “nicotine-free generation” by banning the purchase of tobacco from anyone born on or after January 1, 2006. “It’s the culmination of almost a decade of work,” said Mark Gottlieb of the Institute of Public Health Defense. “I honestly don’t even understand how it has gotten this far,” said Chris Duf…
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