Pro: Should Somerville Ban Nicotine Purchase?

Recently, the Somerville Board of Health unanimously passed a Nicotine-Free Generation (NFG) ordinance that prohibits anyone born on or after January 1, 2005, from purchasing nicotine products. They join 14 other Massachusetts towns with NFG policies. This policy is, in effect, an incremental prohibition on nicotine. Say “Group A” is people born before 2005, and […]