HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 740        FILED ON: 1/28/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2310

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tami L. Gouveia and Sean Garballey

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and E-cigarette products.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/28/2021

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/28/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/3/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 740        FILED ON: 1/28/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2310

By Representatives Gouveia of Acton and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2310) of Tami L. Gouveia, Sean Garballey and others for legislation to regulate access to certain tobacco products by persons under twenty-one years of age.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and E-cigarette products.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 6 of Chapter 270 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following definition to Subsection (a): -

“Adult-Only Retail Tobacco Store”, an establishment that is not required to possess a retail food permit whose primary purpose is to sell or offer for sale but not for resale, tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia, in which the sale of other products or offer of services is merely incidental, and in which the entry of persons under the minimum legal sales age is prohibited at all times, and which maintains all municipal and state permits required for the retail sale of tobacco products.

SECTION 2. Section 6 of Chapter 270 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection at the end thereof: -

(f) No manufacturer or retailer shall sell, distribute, or cause to be distributed a tobacco product to a consumer, except in an adult-only retail tobacco store or in a smoking bar, as defined in Section 22 of Chapter 270 of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. Nothing in this law shall preempt the stricter regulation of the sale or distribution of tobacco products or smoking bars by the Commonwealth and any of its political subdivision.