SJC prods Brookline’s ‘novel’ phased tobacco ban

A Sunoco gas station in Brookline displays a sign about Brookline's tobacco-free generation law. Photo by Cici (Yongshi) Yu.

Brookline decided to take a creative approach to discouraging tobacco use two years ago, aiming to create a “tobacco-free generation” while acknowledging that current consumers may already be addicted to nicotine in a way that cuts against a total ban on tobacco sales. But the self-described “novel” law, which allows those currently of age to… Continue reading SJC prods Brookline’s ‘novel’ phased tobacco ban