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Losing the blood-dimmed tide
For a generation predisposed to accept the merits of the idea of Progress (with a Roman P), world events have a proved…
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Bay State could be third to raise tobacco age to 21
BOSTON — Massachusetts may become the third state to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old, as a…
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Tobacco age-limit hike seen gaining interest in House
BOSTON – A leading proponent of raising the state's tobacco-buying age to 21 said he's "optimistic" the…
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Senate votes to bar tobacco to under-21 buyers in Mass.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate voted 32 to 2 Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in the state to 21…
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Mass. public health chief mum on raising tobacco age
STATE HOUSE — Speaking to advocates visiting Beacon Hill to promote cancer prevention, Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said Thursday that more…
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Let 18-year-olds drink
In America, alleged land of freedom, a 19-year-old soldier just back from Afghanistan can't sidle up to a bar and…