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Minimum Age Limit for Buying Tobacco Products and E-Cigarettes Raised to 21 in the U.S.

posted by martyb on Sunday December 29 2019, @03:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the smoke-'em-if-you-got-'em? dept.

takyon writes:

The US officially raises the tobacco buying age to 21

A new law in the United States that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 is now in effect, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.

Last week, President Donald Trump signed the new minimum age into law as part of a sweeping spending bill. On Friday, the FDA noted on its website that "it is now illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product -- including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes -- to anyone under 21. FDA will provide additional details on this issue as they become available."

The increased age restriction for tobacco purchases is one of several provisions outside of the spending measures themselves attached to the broader $1.4 trillion spending agreement.

Also at ABC.

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Oregon Becomes the Fifth State to Raise the Tobacco Age Limit to 21
San Francisco Bans E-Cigarette Sales

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by driverless on Sunday December 29 2019, @04:39AM (7 children)

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday December 29 2019, @04:39AM (#937093)

    I worked after school and weekends and bought my own car at sixteen. Got my GED, dropped out of school, got a decent paying job moving pianos, and got my own place at barely seventeen. Joined the Army at eighteen.

    I graduated school, learned to play music by ear, made a few recordings, ran into a bit of trouble with crowds at some of my performances going a bit wild, joined the army at 23 and served in Germany, came back to the US to continue my music career with some roles in movies, got Colonel Parker to be my manager, and have never looked back. Thangyouverymuuuch!

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by RS3 on Sunday December 29 2019, @04:47AM (3 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Sunday December 29 2019, @04:47AM (#937095)

    For anyone who didn't get it, that's Elvis Presley's story.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 29 2019, @06:37AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 29 2019, @06:37AM (#937105)

      driverless --> elvis derrs

      seems legit.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Sunday December 29 2019, @07:09AM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday December 29 2019, @07:09AM (#937109) Journal

      Left out the 14yo..

      --
      "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 29 2019, @05:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 29 2019, @05:34PM (#937186)

      I thought he left the building?

  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday December 30 2019, @04:26AM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday December 30 2019, @04:26AM (#937369) Journal

    I graduated school, learned to play music by ear, made a few recordings, ran into a bit of trouble with crowds at some of my performances going a bit wild, joined the army at 23 and served in Germany, came back to the US to continue my music career with some roles in movies, got Colonel Parker to be my manager, and have never looked back. Thangyouverymuuuch!

    Then died in a Las Vegas toilet stall with a stomach full of pills.... epic.

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    • (Score: 2) by driverless on Monday December 30 2019, @04:33AM

      by driverless (4770) on Monday December 30 2019, @04:33AM (#937372)

      I graduated school, learned to play music by ear, made a few recordings, ran into a bit of trouble with crowds at some of my performances going a bit wild, joined the army at 23 and served in Germany, came back to the US to continue my music career with some roles in movies, got Colonel Parker to be my manager, and have never looked back. Thangyouverymuuuch!

      Then died in a Las Vegas toilet stall with a stomach full of pills.... epic.

      'mmm not dead baby, jus' restin'.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 30 2019, @05:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 30 2019, @05:02AM (#937377)

      The can in question was in his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee.