Bill > S2407

This bill: Imposes an excise tax of 75% of the wholesale price on electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes) in Massachusetts and requires licensing for electronic nicotine delivery system distributors and retailers. It provides for the suspension of lottery sales licenses for retailers who have had their cigarette, cigar, or electronic nicotine delivery system licenses suspended or revoked for certain violations. The bill also requires health insurance plans in Massachusetts to cover tobacco cessation products and counseling without cost-sharing. Additionally, it bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems, except for on-site consumption at smoking bars. The provisions related to electronic nicotine delivery systems take effect on June 1, 2020, while the rest of the bill's provisions related to other tobacco products take effect immediately as an emergency law.

Senate Committee on Ways and Means (S)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2407