Brookline, a town of about 63,000 neighboring Boston, was the first municipality in the country to adopt such a tobacco ban in 2020.

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

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.