{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-43a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 43A","heading":"Smoking or carrying open flame or lighted match, pipe or tobacco product in public conveyances and transportation terminals","body":"Section 43A. Whoever, in or upon a railroad carriage, steamboat, or other public conveyance, or in a terminal or other facility of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, smokes or carries an open flame or lighted match, pipe or tobacco product as defined in section 6 of chapter 270 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten days or by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section43A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:17Z","sha256":"a15c8d357d7f009d1a6bbb9d62e8a52761e358831888517af042225827cdd185","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-43","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-44-to-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}