The Tobacco Endgame Begins
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Thanks to an unprecedented Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling last month, the town of Brookline is allowed to ban tobacco sales to anyone born after 2000 – a decision with national and global ramifications. The ban prohibits sales to anyone born after a fixed date; these individuals can never be sold any type of tobacco in the town of Brookline. This includes cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco products and little cigars. Read a commentary on the ruling by Dr. Koh, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health and member of the Truth Initiative Board of Directors, and Michael C. Fiore, director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Learn more.
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