If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again seems the me the mantra in the state of Washington. Last year the state sought to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21 under bill H.B. 1458. That measure which carried the confiscation of tobacco products and community service failed in the senate.
This year the bill is back as H.B. 2313. The bill which was proposed by Democrat Representative Tina Orwell has bi-partisan support in the house but is once again expected to face a challenge in the Senate.
The bill does not feature community service in this go around. Currently one state has raised the tobacco purchase age to 21 and there states are looking to join Hawaii in that movement.
While numerous cities have passed similar measures, Hawaii is the only state to raise the minimum tobacco purchasing age to 21.
