“The board ultimately voted not to move forward with the regulations at this time, with three votes against and Levy abstaining. The board said they want to see how effective the stateโs new flavored vape and tobacco ban will be at curbing youth tobacco and nicotine use, which Gov. Charlie Baker passed in November. โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต,โ said board member Laurent Levy. โWe came up with these regulations because the state wasnโt doing its job. As we were getting ready to vote, it did.โ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ. The board could revisit the regulations at a later time if theyโre deemed necessary, they said.”
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Northampton Board of Health snuffs out proposed tobacco restrictions