On Thursday, March 1, the legal age to buy tobacco products in Oak Bluffs jumped from 18 to 21 years old. New regulations cover cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, liquid nicotine, and e-cigarettes.
Sales of flavored tobacco products and blunt wraps are now prohibited in Oak Bluffs.
All stores that sell tobacco products have to obtain a Tobacco Product Sales permit from the board of health under the new guidelines. There are eight permits allocated for the town. Permits will not be renewed if there are three violations of the new regulations within a one-year span.
The new regulations were passed by a unanimous vote of the Oak Bluffs board of health at its Dec. 19 meeting.
According to the board’s statement of purpose, “more than 80 percent of all adult smokers begin before the age of 18, and more than 90 percent do so before leaving their teens.”
Cheers to Oak Bluffs !
Oak Bluffs has always ranked number 1 in community spirit, and this is just another wonderful example of it !
Hail to the King, baby!
good try– but I don’t know if that will prevent any teenagers from smoking– education is the key–
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