Leverett, Mass. Passes Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
Two towns, one night and an increase of three years in the age to purchase tobacco products. Shortly after the nearby town of Montague passed…
Montague, Mass. Approves Tobacco Purchase Age Increase, Bans Flavored Tobacco
The town-by-town campaign in Massachusetts to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21 claimed another victory last night, as the town of Montague’s board of…
Leverett, Mass. Board of Health to Vote on Tobacco Age Increase
Yet another Massachusetts municipality says it will increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and electronic cigarettes, as the Leverett Board of Health has…
Andover, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
Massachusetts has been the country’s hotbed of tobacco age increases, and on Tuesday night the Andover Board of Health threw another log on the fire…
West Springfield, Mass. Bans Smoking at Parks
As of Jan. 1, smoking in and around most business and public parks in West Springfield, Mass. will be illegal. The West Springfield Board of…
Graded: The Ten Questions for 2014
At the start of every year since 2011, my colleague and halfwheel co-founder Charlie Minato has posted an editorial containing ten questions that he feels the…
Lawrence, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
In a unanimous vote on Tuesday night, the Lawrence, Mass. Board of Health voted to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the…
Two Massachusetts Towns Looking at Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
A pair of towns in Franklin County, Mass. are holding public hearings this week to get feedback on the possibility of raising the minimum age…
Marshfield, Mass. Studying Tobacco Age Increase
The small and affluent town of Marshfield could be the next municipality in Massachusetts to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes…
Framingham, Mass. Raises Minimum Purchasing Age to 21
Yet another Massachusetts town has made it illegal to purchase tobacco products for those under the age of 21. Framingham, Mass. announced that the minimum…
Framingham, Mass. Could Increase Tobacco Purchase Age
The board of health in Framingham, Mass. could raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the town from 18 to 21 at its…
