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Mass General study states teens’ e-cigarette use linked with later smoking

Written by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely than others to later smoke conventional cigarettes and other tobacco products, a study at 10 Los Angeles high schools suggests.

Massachusetts

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 bill proposing the new age requirement flew briskly through the Senate and could land on the floor of the House for a debate before the current session ends.

Massachusetts

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 measure and other tobacco restrictions will become law this year, but cautioned that the bill sits among many other matters still awaiting action by the Massachusetts House of

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Teens less likely to engage in risky behavior, study shows

NEW YORK (AP) — The troubles with kids these days … are not as common as they used to be. U.S. teens are having a lot less sex, they are drinking and using drugs less often, and they aren't smoking as much, according a government survey of risky youth

Massachusetts

Worcester health board raises minimum age for tobacco to 21

It's going to get harder for teens to buy a pack of smokes in the second largest city in Massachusetts, after the Worcester Board of Health voted to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 21 in September. The unanimous vote followed a packed public hearing Wednesday

Massachusetts

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 from 18 to 21, passing legislation that supporters said would cut down youth smoking and nicotine addiction. The bill, compiled by the Joint Committee on Public Health based

Massachusetts

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 needs to be done prevent young people from using tobacco, but stopped short of endorsing a bill that calls for raising the tobacco purchasing age in Massachusetts from

Massachusetts

Baker, Walsh join forces to stop pot legalization

Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have formed a bipartisan alliance to stop the effort to legalize marijuana in the Bay State. In an column published today in the Boston Globe, the governor, a Republican, and Healey and Walsh, both Democrats, address public