The city of San Francisco, California is looking to raise the minimum purchase age of tobacco products from 18 to 21. The move comes despite a National Association of Tobacco Outlets lawsuit that says cities can’t override California’s state age of 18. In October, the city of Healdsburg as well as Santa Clara County, Berkeley and other cities in the state were issued letters threatening a lawsuit from NATO and are now considering to follow the lead of Healdsburg […]
The City Council in Cleveland, Ohio has created a work group that is making an effort to create new legislation to be submitted to the council on December 7, 2015. The new legislation may follow the example of the Cleveland Clinic which currently does now allow the hiring of people who smoke. The measure which one can call discrimination would exclude smokers from getting city jobs. In addition to this measure, the city is considering […]
Another day and another city; Holyoke has joined the movement to ban the sale of tobacco to those under the age of 21. However, this time that law is a little bit different as you only need to be 18+ to enjoy it. The measure passed by the Holyoke Board of Health calls for the banning the sales of tobacco products to those under 21, while those over 18 will still be able to enjoy […]
Add another town in Massachusetts has passed a new ordinance that will increase the minimum legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. This time it is Arlington. Today the acting Director of Health and Human Services announced the change that will take place on July 1st. Arlington, Massachusetts also enacted a plan to ban tobacco sales at health care facilities and pharmacies.
Other than Hawaii which now has the whole state at the age of 21 to purchase tobacco, there is no other state with more cities and towns to raise the age from 18 to 21 than Massachusetts. This week Mansfield has become the 64th municipality to raise the minimum age to 21. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2016. The measure was passed with a 2-1 vote with one member abstaining and […]
If at first you don’t succeed try again is the motto for many people, and unfortunately the case for the state of Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Utah and Hawaii have proposed raising the tobacco age and while Hawaii is a signature away from going into effect none have passed yet. You can now add Massachusetts to the list of state raising to the age of 21. Democrat Senator Cynthia S. Cream of Newton has introduced a […]
Tonight the Princeton Board of Health is expected to pass passed an ordinance that will change the legal age to purchase tobacco in the college town. Currently in the state of NJ you need to be 19 years old but that will change in the town where it will become illegal to sell to anyone under the age of 21. Princeton joins Bogota, Englewood, Sayreville and Teaneck in a small but growing list of where you need […]
The town of Greenfield is looking to become another in a growing list of those in Massachusetts where you must be 21 to purchase tobacco products. On March 11th at 5pm the Greenfield Board of Health is holding a public hearing at 20 Sanderson Street on the consideration to amend existing tobacco regulations to include the 21-year-old age. Located in Franklin County, Greenfield is looking to follow in the footsteps of its county neighbors Montague and […]
On Tuesday, the House Committee on Judiciary in the state of Hawaii advanced bill HB 385. This bill would raise the legal smoking and purchase age to 21 on the islands. According to the coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii they feel this measure is necessary to protect younger generations. Could you imagine how the men and women who died during Pearl Harbor would feel about this measure. How their sacrifices to our great nation would […]
Right in the backyard of the Tobacconist University, and home to Little Taste of Cuba, Jorge Luis Armenteros has a battle on his hands as Princeton, New Jersey seeks to become the fourth town in the state to prohibit sales of tobacco products to anyone oder the age of 21. The local Board of Health set to introduce the ordinance on March 26 and if it passes it will go into effect on April 1. Violators […]