Bill > S2420

This bill aims to modernize tobacco control in Massachusetts. Key provisions include: 1) Allowing the director of the state lottery to suspend the lottery license of retailers, cigar retailers, or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) retailers for up to 60 days if they have had their tobacco/ENDS license suspended or revoked for certain violations. 2) Expanding the definition of persons the Department of Revenue can investigate to include ENDS distributors and retailers. 3) Requiring the Group Insurance Commission to provide coverage for tobacco cessation counseling and products for state employees. 4) Establishing an excise tax of 75% of the wholesale price on ENDS. 5) Authorizing the Department of Public Health to promulgate regulations related to the sale, marketing, and use of tobacco products and ENDS. 6) Requiring health insurers to provide coverage for tobacco cessation counseling and products. 7) Banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including ENDS, except for sales at smoking bars for on-site consumption. 8) Limiting the nicotine concentration in ENDS sold in the state to 20 mg/mL, except at retail tobacco stores and smoking bars.

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2420