October 1, 2014 Patrick Lagreid Age Restrictions,  Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Hull, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21, Bans Smoking in Parks

Tuesday was a bad day for smokers in Hull, Mass., as the town’s Board of Selectman voted to make it the 33rd municipality in the state where you must be at least 21-years-old to purchase a tobacco product, then banned smoking in the town’s parks, playgrounds and adjacent parking areas.

The park smoking ban will be the first to go into effect, with that change happening on Nov. 1, while the minimum age to purchase tobacco products will ring in the new year when it goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2015. The city is currently having signs produced that will be installed at the soon-to-be no smoking areas, which was part of the reason that the ban isn’t going into effect immediately.

The topic of e-cigarettes was also brought up on Tuesday, with the Patriot Ledger reporting that the board will discuss implementing a minimum age of 18 to purchase the devices at its Oct. 28 meeting.

Hull is located in southeastern Massachusetts, just over eight miles southeast from Boston across Boston Harbor, and is home to approximately 10,000 residents.

 

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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