SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Late Wednesday, Brown signed the bill raising the age for tobacco use, including vaping, to 21, the Associated Press reports. He also vetoed a bill that would have asked voters to divert tobacco taxes to pay for the health expenses of those with tobacco-related ailments, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Source: NPR
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
California's Legal Smoking Age Set to Rise to 21
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 74 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
The meek shall inherit the earth -- they are too weak to refuse.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday May 06 2016, @02:58AM
This has shit-all to do with smoking, vaping, or the welfare of minors, and everything to do with the mindset that you can demonstrate what excellent legislators you are by ratcheting down on victimless crime, which makes local DAs happy and lets you put "tough on crime" on your resume come the next election. The ever-increasing array of trivial offenses also fuels the system of fines and court fees and the cost of classes imposed by the court, which in total, last time I bothered figuring it out, came to something like $250 per *minute* flowing into state and crony coffers. And that's before we even get to the for-profit prison industry and its lobbyists.
And I say that having lived and voted in CA for 28 years.
But hey, y'all down there voted for these people... enjoy.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @04:43PM
There's nothing victimless about getting asthma even though you don't smoke because everyone around you smokes and blows it right into your face.