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Norwood Board of Health approves tighter tobacco retail rules, raises school buffer to 2,000 feet
Summary
Norwood's Board of Health voted Sept. 15 to adopt updated tobacco retail regulations that increase the minimum distance between tobacco retailers and schools from 500 to 2,000 feet and to cap nicotine pouches sold in retail stores at 6 milligrams, with most changes effective immediately and the nicotine-pouch limit effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Norwood's Board of Health voted Sept. 15 to adopt a set of updated tobacco retail regulations that increase the minimum distance between tobacco retailers and schools from 500 feet to 2,000 feet and add new limits on nicotine pouches sold in retail stores.
The change to the school buffer was presented to the board as an update to the town's regulations and adopted after a motion during the Sept. 15 meeting. A board member said, "Currently, our regs are 500 feet. I don't know how both of you feel about it, but, I think we should do at least 2,000." After discussion about which existing businesses would be grandfathered and how many would be affected, members voted to approve the change.
The board also agreed to add a cap on nicotine pouches sold in retail stores so that individual pouches contain no more than 6 milligrams of nicotine. The board…
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