Some politicians in the commonwealth now want to start phasing out the legal purchase of nicotine products starting with people who were born on Jan. 1, 2006. If the law were to pass, it would make it illegal to purchase nicotine statewide on Jan. 1, 2027 for anyone who turned 21 on that day and that day forward, forever more. Slated For Jan. 1, 2027There is a nicotine ban in a few municipalities in Massachusetts already, and has been since 2020. In 2020, Brookline became the first municipality in the country to ban the sale of nicotine products to individuals born after Jan. 1, 2000. This nicotine ban of course sends a mixed message to youth, since Massachusetts was one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, and sports betting thereafter, to boot.