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Dracut, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age, Passes Additional Restrictions

The Dracut Board of Health passed a number of tobacco-related proposals at its most recent meeting, the most notable of which is that a person…

Hopkinton, Mass. Will Raise Its Tobacco Purchasing Age

The town of Hopkinton, Mass. is the latest to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as on Monday night the town’s board of…

Woburn, Mass. Makes Tobacco Purchase Age 21

The city of Woburn has become the latest in Massachusetts to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-yeas-old, as the…

Bedford, Mass. Raising Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21, Bans Flavored Tobacco Products

Effective Jan. 1, the minimum age to purchase tobacco in Bedford, Mass. will be 21. The town’s Board of Health voted to raise the minimum…

Medford, Mass. Raising Tobacco Purchase Age

The minimum age to purchase tobacco products is about to be raised in Medford, Mass., as last Tuesday the council passed an ordinance to make…

Townsend, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age Today

The rollout of what has become a city-by-city, town-by-town increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products reaches the northern Massachusetts town of Townsend…

Lowell, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age, Restricts Sales of Flavored Tobacco

The movement to raise the age to purchase tobacco products in Massachusetts garnered another city yesterday, as the Lowell Board of Health unanimously approved a…

Tewksbury, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age, Bans Flavored Tobacco

Tewksbury has become the latest town in Massachusetts to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, upping the age to 21 as part of…

Tyngsboro, Mass. Prohibits Smoking in Tobacco Shops, Updates Tobacco Rules

The town of Tyngsboro, Mass. has a number of updates to its tobacco policy, including one that no longer lets people light up in a tobacco…

Somerville, Mass. Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age, Passes Tobacco Restrictions & Smoking Ban

A new year, another city in Massachusetts where you will need to be at least 21-years-old to purchase tobacco. The Somerville Board of Health passed changes that…