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Appendix A: State and Local Laws on the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Appendix A: State and Local Laws on the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Pages 265-286
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In the last decade, this has been an active area of tobacco control policy. In Massachusetts, in particular, where state law grants local Boards of Health authority to make "reasonable health regulations,"1 nearly two dozen communities have raised the MLA above age 18, and numerous o thers are currently considering proposals.
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action to amend town law Newburyport 2014 Town board Approved. The board of health (Hendrickson, of health initially proposed raising 2013; Quinn, regulation the MLA from 18 to 21 2014; Wade, years.
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Westwoodf 2013 Town board Approved. The board of health of health adopted a new tobacco regulation regulation that defines a "minor" (relative to tobacco)
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Regulation restricting the sale of tobacco products and nicotine delivery product (February 12, 2013)
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Massachusetts -- Select Towns Arlingtonb,c 2013 Town board Approved May From July 1, 2013, to of health 2013, in effect July 1, 2014, the MLA is regulation July 2013, and 19. From July 1, 2014, to subject to a July 1, 2015, the MLA is 3-year phase-in, raised to 20.
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Amended existing of health regulations, raising the regulation MLA from 18 to 21. Doverg 2013 Town board Approved.
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Held a public hearing of health and adopted regulations regulation restricting the sale of tobacco, including raising the MLA from 18 to 21. Hudson 2014 Town board Approved.
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Needhamj 2003 Town board Approved. From April 1, 2003, to of health In effect April 1, 2004, the MLA regulation April 1, 2003, was raised to 19.
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Winchester 2014 Town board Approved. Raises the MLA and (McLean, of health nicotine delivery products 2014)
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. f Board of Health Regulations, Dedham, Massachusetts, Part IV: Regulation affecting smoking and the sale and distribution of tobacco and nicotine delivery products in Dedham (November 25, 2013)
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Chapter 262: Regulation affecting smoking and the sale and distribution of tobacco and nicotine delivery products in the town of Franklin (March 19, 2014)
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Massachusetts -- Select Towns Andover 2014 Town board Board of Proposed regulations (Lima, 2014b) of health health expected include raising the MLA regulation to vote on to 21 and requiring proposed tobacco retailers to regulations on include at least two November 17, smoking cessation 2014 (Lima, products on half of a sales 2014a)
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Washington State Alcoholism legislators to change and Substance the legal age of tobacco Abuse purchase to 21 across the Administrative state. Board approved resolution, for consideration by Washington State legislators.
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, Article 13-F, § 1399-aa–§ 1399-ee, New York State Public Health Laws. e An act to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to increasing the pur chasing age for tobacco products from eighteen to nineteen.
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HB 1183, 59th Legislative Assembly of North Dakota, introduced by Rep. DeKrey (January 7, 2005, date of last action on bill)
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Coloradob 2014 Legislation House Finance Amends existing law to (Lee, 2014) Committee raise the MLA from 18 voted 7 to 6 to 21 for sales and other to reject the forms of distribution.
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Hopkinton 2013 Town board Rejected. The Proposal would amend (Krantz, 2013)
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. g An Act Concerning Criminal Law -- Tobacco Products -- Minimum Age.
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. p An Act Relating to Increasing the Legal Smoking Age.
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2014. City of Malden board of health raises minimum age to buy cigarettes to age 21.
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http://www. mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2014/09/12/sayreville smoking-ban-teens/15535341/;%20http:/halfwheel.com/sayreville-n-j-raises-tobacco purchase-age-21/69995 (accessed January 13, 2015)
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. http://melrose.wickedlocal.com/article/20140424/ M NEWS/140428078/12448/LIFESTYLE (accessed January 13, 2015)
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