Massachusetts Town Considering Ban on All Tobacco Products
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iStock/Thinkstock(WESTMINSTER, Mass.) — A small town in Massachusetts may become the first municipality in the United States to impose a total ban on the sale of tobacco products.
In the town of Westminster, Mass., which has a population of 7,700, there is a proposal to enact a total ban on the sale of all tobacco products, from bubble-gum flavored cigars, to e-cigarettes, to a new form of dissolvable tobacco.
Those proposing the tobacco ban say the concern is for children. But, cigarette-maker Philip Morris says the ban is a bad policy that will cost jobs.
The Board of Health will discuss the proposal at a meeting Wednesday night.
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