Massachusetts lawmakers are proposing a ban on nicotine sales, aiming to prevent future generations from purchasing tobacco products.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a sweeping proposal to phase out tobacco sales by targeting younger generations. The plan, to be filed in 2025, would prevent anyone born after a specified date from ever purchasing tobacco products, ensuring new smokers cannot legally emerge over time.

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.

The new proposal would make Massachusetts the first state to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.

If the bill is approved, young people not old enough to legally purchase nicotine and tobacco would never be lawfully able to purchase them in Massachusetts, thereby creating no more new users.