Editorial: A state ban on tobacco won’t snuff out its use

Editorial: A state ban on tobacco won’t snuff out its use

Will Massachusetts become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, even if that prohibition removes an adult’s freedom of choice and negatively impacts small businesses? Sen. Jason Lewis and Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Kate Lipper-Garabedian co-sponsored a bill, vetted Monday by the Public Health Committee, that would permanently block state residents not yet old enough to buy tobacco from ever doing so lega…