Cigars’ Slow Burn

 

(CSD) In many ways, Massachusetts is a microcosm of tobacco regulations popping up in communities across the country. Prior to the statewide enactment of 21 as the legal minimum purchasing age for tobacco products earlier this year, various cities adopted the age while others remained at 18.
Way before Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker called for a four-month statewide ban on sales of e-cigarettes and vaping devices, a number of cities passed flavored tobacco bans, including on flavored cigars and cigarillos. As of Sept. 13, Massachusetts towns had included menthol, wintergreen and mint in bans. Continued