In 2020, the town of Brookline adopted an ordinance banning the purchase of nicotine products for anyone born after the year 2000, touting the move as a way to create a "nicotine-free generation." As is often the case when "nanny-state" policies materialize — similar to previous efforts to tax soft drinks that faced enormous consumer backlash — this ordinance was swiftly adopted by virtue-signaling politicians in other localities seeking to masquerade as public health crusaders.
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