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Complaints on students smoking outside of BU’s Questrom School of Business

Akua Devall March 20, 2023
Non-smoking signs located on the office windows of the building's first floor, however students have continued to use cigarettes and other smoking materials outside BU Questrom.
Fenway Park vaccination site

State extends vaccination appointments to residents 65 plus, those with certain health conditions

Molly Farrar February 23, 2021
An additional 1 million people are now eligible to schedule appointments, according to the press release, but due to “extremely high demand for appointments and limited vaccine supply,” it could take some residents more than a month to schedule one.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s ban on the sale of vaping products ends Wednesday, when a law passed by the state legislature banning the sale of flavored nicotine products goes into effect. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

Out with the vape ban, in with new regulations

Sonia Rubeck December 11, 2019
Gov. Charlie Baker's vaping ban will be replaced by a permanent law passed by the state legislature banning the sale of all flavored nicotine vaping products, which takes effect immediately.
llowing a regulation filed by Attorney General Maura Healey, beginning Sept. 25, anyone under the age of 18 cannot buy e-cigarettes in Massachusetts. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Electronic cigarette sales to be restricted for minors

Julia Metjian September 18, 2015

A regulation that will ban Massachusetts minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes will go into effect starting Sept. 25 as a result of efforts from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and...

Mass gov’t. officials attempt to regulate e-cigarette sales

Daily Free Press Admin October 1, 2013

As a bill to prohibit minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes works its way through the state legislature, Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley, along with 39 other attorneys general, signed a letter...

EDIT: Hey, at least it ain’t a real cig

Daily Free Press Admin September 18, 2013

Since 2004, Massachusetts’ residents have had to leave their offices or wait until the end of a meal to smoke a cigarette. Now, nine years later, smokers don’t have to wait because they have discovered...

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