Globally, only a small number of jurisdictions have successfully enacted generational tobacco bans: the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives, and these 22 towns in the New England state
And subsequently there were reports of tobacco products appearing on the black market at inflated prices
But although cigarettes might be inseparable from nicotine, nicotine is not inseparable from cigarettes
In New Zealand, it is a policy that is being brought in with a range of other policies that are likely to have a larger and faster impact on smoking prevalence, such as a very low nicotine standard for cigarettes, she says
But 22 towns in Massachusetts have already done exactly thatand done it quietly, at the most local level of U.S
Proponents of TFG laws believe it is a more palatable option than an outright ban on all smoking products