Over 60 municipalities have raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 in the state of Massachusetts, now there’s another attempt to pass a bill on the state level. Last year, Sen. Cynthia S. Creem, D-Newton, introduced S.747, a bill that would change the age to purchase tobacco products statewide from 18 to 21. Last Thursday, that bill and other anti-tobacco related bills were swept up into a new piece of proposed legislation S.2152. In total seven proposed bills are now part of the larger S.2152 legislation: S.732 — Would require child-resistant liquid nicotine packaging. S.1119 — A bill to “modernize” tobacco control. S.1137 — Restricts the sale of tobacco at health care institutions. H.1954 — Restricts the sale of tobacco at certain health care institution.s H.2021 — Defines e-cigarettes as a tobacco products, prohibits sale of tobacco products to those under 21. S.2050 — Prohibits the sale of nicotine vapor to minors. S.3456 — Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. Dennis W. Burke, the legislative director and general counsel to Sen. Jason Lewis, D-Winchester, told halfwheel that the seven aforementioned bills, along with S.747 and other overlapping bills, will not be advanced individually. S.2152 establishes the penalty for selling or ...
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