Age Restrictions

If passed, the updated Tobacco and Vapes Bill would make the U.K. one of the most anti-tobacco countries in the world. However, the updated version of the bill does not include a ban on outdoor pub smoking.

In 2020, Brookline, Mass. introduced its own generational tobacco ban, preventing anyone born after 1999 from ever legally purchasing tobacco and vapes. Next year, a similar proposal will be introduced in the legislature.

The Columbus city attorney is arguing that one smoke shop has violated tobacco laws so many times, it should be shut down. While many states have this option, it’s rare to see enough repeated violations that this punishment becomes a possibility.

The Peabody Board of Health voted to table the proposal for at least one year. If passed, it would have banned anyone born after 2003 from purchasing tobacco products in Peabody.

It’s been almost five years since Donald J. Trump signed into law a bill that increased the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. Tomorrow—about 1,500 days later than originally planned—the last of the paperwork will be filed to make this rule official.

As expected, the U.K.’s new Labour government is picking up on the bill championed by Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. If passed, it would ban anyone born after 2008 from purchasing tobacco products.

Due to the U.K.’s upcoming July 4 elections, the bill that would have banned anyone born after 2008 from purchasing tobacco products will have to wait for the next government.

Massachusetts was the birthplace of the American Tobacco 21 movement. It appears that it will also be home to the start of generational tobacco bans.

If passed, it would be illegal for anyone born after 2008 to purchase tobacco products in the U.K. The bill now heads to committees where it can be further debated and amended.

It could be a landmark win for those looking to create generational smoking bans.

New Zealand’s new government confirmed plans to scrap the landmark law.