Massachusetts tobacco and nicotine bills

What it would do: Prohibits local authorities from enacting or enforcing generational bans or birth-date-based restrictions on the sale of products or services where the commonwealth has established a minimum legal age requirement, and voids any existing conflicting local ordinances.

What it would do: Preempts local laws that set minimum ages for purchasing alcohol, cannabis products, tobacco products, or participating in online sports gaming that differ from statewide minimums. Requires four state commissions to adopt regulations to administer this Act.

What it would do: Prohibits retailers, manufacturers, and third-party entities from selling or distributing tobacco products except through in-person transactions at retail establishments where the buyer's age is verified with valid government-issued photo ID, effective January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Defines oral nicotine products as noncombustible nicotine products in solid, gum, or paste form for oral consumption and imposes a $2.00 per ounce excise tax on oral nicotine product distributors when products are manufactured, purchased, imported, received, or acquired in Massachusetts.

What it would do: Adds an excise tax of $2 per ounce on oral nicotine products held in Massachusetts, imposed on distributors at manufacture, purchase, import, receipt or acquisition, with exemptions for exported products and those not subject to Commonwealth taxation.

What it would do: Increases the excise tax on cigarettes from 150.5 mills to 200.5 mills per cigarette, increases the excise tax on cigars and smoking tobacco to 80 percent of wholesale price, and imposes a one-time 50 mills per cigarette additional excise on existing inventory.

What it would do: Expands the definition of smokeless tobacco to include nicotine pouches and products containing or derived from nicotine intended for human consumption without combustion, while excluding FDA-approved cessation products and electronic nicotine delivery systems.

What it would do: Prohibits local Boards of Health from banning community-wide sale of legal tobacco products without town meeting or city council approval, while preserving their authority to take emergency action for specific health code violations or immediate health concerns.

What it would do: Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to persons born on or after January 1, 2006, effective January 1, 2027. Expands the definition of tobacco product to include nicotine delivery systems regardless of nicotine content, excluding FDA-approved cessation products.

What it would do: Defines adult-only retail tobacco stores and requires manufacturers and retailers to sell tobacco products only in adult-only retail tobacco stores or smoking bars, prohibiting sales elsewhere.

What it would do: Repeals the state menthol ban by redefining flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems to exclude menthol, while maintaining restrictions on other characterizing flavors and nicotine content limits, effective July 2026.

What it would do: This document is the Multi-Agency Illegal Tobacco Task Force's fiscal year 2025 annual report submitted pursuant to Section 40(d) of Chapter 64C of the General Laws, detailing coordination efforts to combat contraband tobacco distribution, foster legal compliance, and conduct targeted investigations and enforcement actions.

What it would do: Reduces the revenue requirement for smoking bars from 51% to 33% of total combined revenue from tobacco products, and requires smoking bars to comply with Department of Public Health health and safety standards and submit quarterly revenue declarations to the Department of Revenue.

What it would do: Prohibits retailers, manufacturers, and third-party entities from selling or distributing tobacco products except through in-person transactions at retail establishments where the buyer's age is verified with valid government-issued photo ID, effective January 1, 2027.