Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. This historic rule helps implement the bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 and allows the FDA to improve public health and protect future generations from the dangers of tobacco use through a variety of steps, including restricting the sale of these tobacco products to […]
According to a letter sent out by the city of Gloucester there will be a hearing on September 11, 2014 at 6:15 PM at the CATA conference room located at 3 Pond Road. The chamber will be open to public comment in relation to proposed changes in the Board of Heath regulations regarding tobacco. The regulation includes (but is not limited to) the following additional provisions: Sale of individual non-cigarette tobacco products such as cigars […]
In Williamstown, Massachusetts the Board of Health voted on Monday to enact new tobacco regulations that changes what products can be sold and limits where you can smoke. The hearing which had 4 people speak in favor of the ban, only had received written communication from a couple of New England retail merchants associations against the ban. The hearing which was over in less than 25 minutes had a unanimous vote in favor of the […]