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Speaker 1: A coalition of retailers, trade associations, and advocacy groups are

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Speaker 1: calling it a loophole the ability of cities and towns

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Speaker 1: to put in place their own generational sales ban on

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Speaker 1: tobacco products. For these guys, a smoker and non smoker,

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Speaker 1: they're not the biggest fans, So.

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Speaker 2: You should have the freedom of buying whatever you want

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Speaker 2: to buy if you have the certain age.

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Speaker 3: I know different cities like they go by their own

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Speaker 3: restriction and stuff, But yeah, I don't think it's fight. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's fight.

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Speaker 1: The coalition is supporting proposed laws that would establish a

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Speaker 1: consistent minimum age for purchasing adult use products, including alcohol, cannabis,

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Speaker 1: and gaming. Brookline led the way for other municipalities to

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Speaker 1: approve their own generational tobacco sales ban in Everett. James

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Speaker 1: Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio