In 2018, the state raised the legal age to buy tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes, to 21. Nearby Massachusetts towns, such as Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, followed Brookline's playbook and also placed generational bans on tobacco products. In the US, California is trying to ban the purchase of tobacco products by 2073. New Zealand was the first country to impose a generational ban, but the country repealed that ban this year. "This bill will not take away the right to purchase nicotine and tobacco products from anyone who is already legally able to do so," he said.

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Persons: wouldn't, Democratic Sen, Jason Lewis, Lewis, —, Brookline's playbook Organizations: Associated Press, Big Tobacco, Democratic, Centers for Disease Control Locations: Massachusetts, Brookline , Massachusetts, Boston, Nearby Massachusetts, Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, California, New Zealand