The Society’s Department of Public Health and
Education is collaborating with the American Lung Association of New England,
the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards, the Massachusetts Municipal
Association, the state Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Control Program,
and Tobacco Free Mass in reaching out to local boards of health to urge towns
and cities to ban the sale of tobacco and related products in health care
facilities, including pharmacies.
Cities and towns in
Massachusetts are implementing tobacco sales bans through health regulations or
city ordinances. In Boston, Fall River, Worcester, and Wellesley,
state and private colleges and universities have also banned the sale of tobacco
on school-owned property. We are
seeking volunteers to attend or submit letters to local boards of health testifying in support of updating regulations regarding the sale of tobacco and
tobacco products in pharmacies. Information to implement this change
in your town through your local board of health can be found here and talking points are also included for those
whose towns are in the contemplation
stage.
Massachusetts Medical Society has
had policy on this since
2008.
Questions? Contact Candace Savage, MMS
Department of Public Health and Education, at csavage@mms.org or (781)
434-7017
