The lawsuit claims the town law is preempted by state law, which allows those older than 21 to purchase tobacco, and violates equal protection guarantees in the state's constitution by "arbitrarily dividing the adult population into two classes with distinctly unequal rights." Over the summer, Healey said the Brookline law was in line with state and federal laws
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However, the adoption of these reforms faced enormous resistance, criticism and repeated attempts by the industry to undermine the initiative through various legislative proposals and amendments
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It comes down to the factors we mentioned before, a higher instance of chargebacks and a larger amount of regulatory uncertainty