Another local Board of Health in MA considers e-cigarette regulations

[Bill Godshall]

The article at
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120509/PUB02/205090350/-1/TOWN02
indicates that another local Board of Health in MA (probably either Dartmouth or New Bedford, but the article isn't clear) is considering (or is being lobbied to propose) unspecified e-cigarette regulations (among other tobacco regulations).

And once again, it appears that another CDC grant is funding a local health organization to lobby for these and other tobacco regulations

Ms. Evora-Rosa works with 13 South Coast communities in a program called "Voices for a Healthy South Coast." She said, "We received a Center for Disease Control (CDC) Federal grant in 2009 for nutrition. One of our agenda items is to restrict tobacco in pharmacies."

The article at
http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/...ocal-massachusetts-proposals-set-cigar-prices
states that Bedford (MA) Board of Health also has proposed new tobacco regulations (this article is about cigars).

It would be helpful if someone could obtain these and/or other proposed Board of Health tobacco regulations, and post any that would impact e-cigarettes. It would also be helpful if a group of MA vapors coalesced to oppose any unwarranted e-cigarette regulations that are proposed by local Boards of Health in MA.

Unlike other states, nearly every municipality in MA has a local Board of Health, and many of these unelected bodies have proposed and enacted unwarranted regulations for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products.