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Massachusetts lawmakers push for an effort to ban all tobacco sales over time

Massachusetts lawmakers are working on a proposal to gradually ban all sales of tobacco products, the first of its kind in the state.
If approved, young people will never be lawfully able to purchase nicotine products, preventing new users.
Jason Lewis stated the bill would 'save countless lives and create a healthier world for the next generation.

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Lawmakers in Massachusetts are trying to eventually stop the sale of tobacco

boonchai wedmakawand/Getty ImagesMassachusetts lawmakers proposed a generational ban on nicotine product sales.The state previously raised the legal age for tobacco purchases to 21 in 2018.Similar bans exist in other parts of Massachusetts.A group of lawmakers in Massachusetts are attempting to outlaw young people from buying nicotine products with a proposal that will, in time, prevent everyone from buying them.Not only would the new proposal p…

3 months ago·United States

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Yeshiva World News

Massachusetts Lawmakers Push For An Effort To Ban All Tobacco Sales Over Time

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time. Other locations have weighed similar “generational tobacco bans,” which phase out the use of tobacco products based not just on a person’s age but on birth year. Under a Massachusetts law signed in 2018, the age to buy any tobacco product — …

3 months ago

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WCVB

Massachusetts lawmakers push for 'generational tobacco ban'

If the bill is approved, young people not old enough to legally purchase nicotine and tobacco would never be lawfully able to purchase them in Massachusetts, thereby creating no more new users.

3 months ago·Boston, United States

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Massachusetts lawmakers push for effort to ban all tobacco sales over time

Other locations have weighed similar “generational tobacco bans,” which phase out the use of tobacco products based not just on a person's age but on birth year.

3 months ago·Portland, United States

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Time Magazine

Some Massachusetts Lawmakers Push ‘Generational Tobacco Ban’

BOSTON — A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time. Other locations have weighed similar “generational tobacco bans,” which phase out the use of tobacco products based not just on a person’s age but on birth year. Under a Massachusetts law signed in 2018, the age to buy any tobacco p…

3 months ago·United States

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