Buying “nips” in Boston may soon be nipped in the bud.
The city of Boston is considering a possible ban on miniature liquor bottles, known to Bostonians as “nips” and to others across the country as “minis” or “shooters,” due to the amount of waste they add to the city.
“The fact that it plays in both of these issues I think is an overwhelming reason to move forward with something like this.” Arroyo noted that the nips have a “detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of Boston residents,” and said that there has been a decrease in public intoxication incidents that required ambulances in the communities that have banned the small liquor bottles from being sold.
The city’s ambulance service responded to 742 calls for alcohol-related issues in 2017, however, just half a year after the ban was enacted that number fell to 556, Arroyo argued in his proposal.
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