After court upholds Brookline ban, other towns appear poised to adopt generational restrictions on tobacco

Brookline bans anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2000 from buying any tobacco products. The bylaw, adopted in 2020 and upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court earlier this month, paves the way for other communities in the commonwealth to install similar generational bans on tobacco purchases.

Radio Boston talks with Peter Brennan of the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association and Mark Gottlieb of Northeastern University School of Law to discuss the law and whether other municipalities may follow suit.