Nicotine bans are tired 'nanny state' politics - CommonWealth Beacon

Nicotine bans are tired ‘nanny state’ politics • Rhode Island Current

Some Massachusetts lawmakers want to pass a first-in-the-nation policy that strips away the rights of some adults to legally buy tobacco and nicotine products. (Photo by Douglas Sacha/Getty Images)Massachusetts lawmakers are again trying to take away your civil liberties – but a growing number of cities and towns are saying “no.” In an era where transparency, government accountability and personal freedoms are in peril every day, it is rather st…

Nicotine bans are tired 'nanny state' politics - CommonWealth Beacon

MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS are again trying to take away your civil liberties – but a growing number of cities and towns are saying “no.” In an era where transparency, government accountability and personal freedoms are in peril every day, it is rather stunning that state legislators want to impose bans on tobacco and nicotine products that will forever prohibit anyone born after January 1, 2006, from being able to purchase legal adult products. Th…