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 […]
In what seems like a weekly posting, yet another community in Massachusetts is considering raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21. A proposed ban on the sale of tobacco to those under the year of 21 years old will be the subject of the Board of Health hearing in South Hadley next week. The meeting is scheduled to take place on February 4th at 5pm inside South Hadley Town Hall which is located at […]