"Under a Massachusetts law signed in 2018, the age to buy any tobacco product - including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes - was raised to 21. Massachusetts also has banned the sale of all flavored tobacco products in an effort to reduce youth interest in nicotine."
"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."
"Brookline, a town of about 63,000 neighboring Boston, was the first municipality in the country to adopt such a ban in 2020. The measure was challenged, but the state's highest court weighed in earlier this year, upholding the ban."
"Democratic state Sen. Jason Lewis, one of the backers of the statewide proposal, said the bill would ultimately aim to protect future generations from the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine addiction."
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