Seems like every day a state is looking to raise the tobacco age from 18 to 21 and this time you can add Oklahoma to that ever growing list. The bill, HB2317 was proposed by State Representative Ben Loring (D-7th District) and is scheduled to go through its first reading on February 1st. If the bill is passed it would raise the age from tobacco products and e-cigarettes to 21. This is the second time the […]
The 87th community in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is close to raising its tobacco purchase age from 18 to 21. This time it is Marion, which is located in the southeast quadrant of the state with a population of just under 5,000 people. In the Commonwealth, the local Board of Health are able to implement regulations that are deemed to be for health related reasons and does not need the support of a Town Meeting. […]
As the nation looks to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21 some communities have begun to raise the tobacco purchase age at growing rate. This time the city of Paterson, NJ joins the movement. On Tuesday event the City Council of Paterson voted to raise the purchase age from the state law of 19 to 21 within the confines of the city. The measure prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from […]
In Massachusetts, Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge fall under the Tri-Town Board of Health and on October 19th the Board is expected to vote on raising the tobacco age to 21 joining 74 other towns and municipalities in the state. If the measure passes as expected the age hike would be phased in over 3 years with one year increments on January 1st in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Also up for consideration at the meeting will be revisions […]
A little over a week ago we reported that the new smoking ban presented by Grandview Heights would make the possession of tobacco by those under 21 an unclassified misdemeanor. The move which was passed by the City Council was met with an objection by Mayor Ray DeGraw and as a result the City Council plans to present a revised ordinance at the October 19th meeting. According to the mayor, cracking down on 18-20 who […]
On Wednesday, eight Senators introduced bill S. 2100 that could raise the smoking age to 21 nationwide. The bill which was introduced by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii);Dick Durbin (D-Illinois); Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio); Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts); Barbara Boxer (D-California); Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island); Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts); Senator Mazie Hirona (D-Hawaii); Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) also has the support of the American Lung Association. According to the S.2100, Tobacco to 21 Act the legal age […]
Yesterday, a California Senate panel approved a package of six anti-tobacco bills. While most of them pertain to e-cigarettes, one of them did revive the once defeated proposal to raise the tobacco age to 21. The original measure to raise the tobacco age stalled in the legislature but was revived for this special session healthcare and was approved by the new Senate Committee on Public Health and Developmental Services. While the measure passed in the […]
The Democrats are at it again in the state of California who have reintroduced a slew of tobacco regulations for a special session on health care financing in August. This move comes despite the measures stalling just weeks ago. Among the six bills is a measure to raise the legal smoking age to 21. Other measures include allowing local governments to add a tobacco tax, and expand smoke-free work place laws. The measures are being […]
On Monday, Pennsylvania Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Philadelphia introduced legislation that would raise the current smoking age in the state from 18 to 21. If passed, the commonwealth would become the second state in the nation to raise the tobacco age with the first being Hawaii. According to Ms. Brown, “Simply put, raising the minimum age of legal access to 21 years of age would likely prevent or significantly delay initiation of tobacco use by adolescents and […]
The US territory of Guam is proposing raising the tobacco again from 18 to 21. The measure which comes from Vice Speaker Benjamin Cruz a Democrat from Piti has proposed bill 141-33 that would ban the sale and use of cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and e-cigarettes among other tobacco products to those under the age of 21. The measure if passed would go into effect on January 1st, 2016 which is the same date that the […]