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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.
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California's Legal Smoking Age Set to Rise to 21
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday May 06 2016, @01:43PM
If you want to curb smoking even further, than raise the legal age to purchase to, say, 25.
If you want to eliminate smoking altogether, raise the legal age to smoke, to say, 99. (the input field only accepts two digits, but other legislation is pending to increase the field length)
That would put a total and complete end to smoking.
We could also save a huge amount of money spent on The War On (some) Drugs by simply raising the legal age to purchase those drugs.
Bravo lawmakers!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @04:52PM
The reason for raising the age is that nobody starts smoking that late in life, everyone who smokes started as a young teen. If you've made it into your 20s without picking up a smoking habit, you never will.