City Council rejects nicotine-free generation policy resolution
City Council rejects nicotine-free generation policy on close vote. Councilor Mark A. Vital, chair of the Public Safety Committee, supported the measure to eventually prohibit tobacco and nicotine sales to residents born after January 1, 2010, citing $4.74 billion in annual healthcare costs from
City Council · Meeting of June 22, 2026
MARLBOROUGH — City Council rejects nicotine-free generation policy on close vote. Councilor Mark A. Vital, chair of the Public Safety Committee, supported the measure to eventually prohibit tobacco and nicotine sales to residents born after January 1, 2010, citing $4.74 billion in annual healthcare costs from smoking and 9,300 annual deaths in Massachusetts; the resolution failed 4 to 6.
The Council approved $59,500 in grant funding from the state Division of Conservation Services to evaluate acquisition of the Houde Tree Farm property and established a Lizotte Drive Stabilization Account, transferring $200,000 in development mitigation funds.
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Source: the City Council meeting of June 22, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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