{"id":20170,"date":"2020-11-30T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/actualites\/brookline-massachussetts-ville-pionniere-de-la-lutte-contre-le-tabac\/"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:23:00","slug":"brookline-massachussetts-ville-pionniere-de-la-lutte-contre-le-tabac","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/actualites\/brookline-massachussetts-ville-pionniere-de-la-lutte-contre-le-tabac\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookline, Massachusetts, a pioneer in tobacco control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brookline, a suburb of Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, has long been a pioneer in enforcing smoking bans, increasing restrictions, and promoting statewide tobacco control policies.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was notably one of the first places in the country to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. The city also raised the age limit for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 19, and then from 19 to 21, which eventually became the standard across the country.<\/p>\n

Another step forward in the fight against tobacco in Brookline<\/h2>\n

In recent years, suburban Boston has also required vendors to hold licenses to sell tobacco products, and the number of such licenses has been capped. In 2019, Brookline also passed a regulation banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including JUUL e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes. In June 2020, the entire state followed suit.<\/p>\n

On November 19, 2020, at a special meeting, local officials took another step forward by adopting Article 14, which prohibits the sale of tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2000. The goal behind the adoption of this article is to reduce the impact of tobacco, help those who want to quit, and prevent nicotine addiction among new users. The goal of this measure is to achieve a tobacco-free generation by phasing out the ability to purchase nicotine and tobacco products.<\/p>\n

An example to follow in terms of innovation in the fight against tobacco<\/h2>\n

Unlike a simple age restriction, the new regulation allows people who can already purchase tobacco products to continue doing so while phasing out the development of new markets. Adopting this policy, said Ms. Silbaugh (co-petitioner of this new measure, Brookline resident, and member of the Town Meeting), allows local vendors and businesses to maintain the market they have without expanding it further.<\/p>\n

Each year, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 9,300 adults in Massachusetts die from smoking. Whether they smoke or not, residents pay $950 a year in state and federal tax revenues from tobacco-related public spending. Silbaugh hopes Brookline's action will inspire neighboring cities like Boston, Somerville, and Cambridge to consider and adopt similar reforms.<\/p>\n

\u00a9Generation Without Tobacco<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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This news item is based on an article published in Boston:<\/p>\n

Ainslie Cromar, Tobacco-Free Generation: Brookline passes new restriction aiming to phase out tobacco sales to young smokers<\/em><\/a>, www.boston.com (November 28, 2020, accessed November 30, 2020).<\/p>\n

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