Though smoking rates have fallen from around 64% in 2000, it remain a widespread issue in the country, driven largely by the influence of the tobacco industry
The Retailers Association of Massachusetts opposed the Senate bill last year, saying it "seeks to ban licensed stores from selling a legal product to adult consumers." Jon Hurst, the president of the retailers association, said activists have succeeded in pushing their age-restriction agenda in cities and towns, and his organization now wants to ensure there is a statewide standard, even if that means banning tobacco sales to anyone under 21
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The organizations press statement concluded: For decades, the industry marketed menthol cigarettes to our kids and communities with exploitative and discriminatory tactics
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