Massachusetts to Ban Menthol Cigarettes as Well as Flavored Vapes

Mark Gottlieb ’93, executive director of Northeaster Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI), tells The New York Times that he sees a proposed new Massachusetts bill banning all flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products as a step toward the phasing out of conventional cigarettes entirely: “I have to believe that in the next decade or two, at most, we’re going to see those combusted tobacco products like Marlboro and Camel and the like eventually be regulated out of the marketplace.”