Congress Raises Tobacco Purchase Age from 18 to 21

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Tobacco & 21 Year Olds -- Congress Raises Tobacco Purchase Age from 18 to 21 | National Review

The Senate voted Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.

The new law, which takes effect next summer, will ban the sale of all tobacco products including traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes to people under 21.

The measure was included in the first of two bills that together comprise a $1.4 trillion spending package, which the upper chamber passed in a bipartisan 71 to 23 vote. The Senate will vote on the second bill Thursday afternoon. President Trump is expected to sign the budget deal, which funds the government through fiscal 2020, before the federal government’s funding runs out at midnight on Friday.

Already, 19 U.S. states or territories have raised the minimum smoking age above the old federal minimum of 18 years old. The new law will make the stricter minimum age mandatory nationwide.


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Do laws like this even make a difference in usage rates? I haven’t done much research on that, I’m skeptical of this current senate passing anything of benefit
 
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Lots are vaping

But does vapes use tobacco or other weed derivatives???:what: I mean I know people was getting sick of the vapes because the chemical ingesting made it dangerous for certain people, but big tobacco targeting vapes and Evapes because they are shearing into the youth market... I mean cigarettes have tons of chemicals that lead to cancer but is NOT banned... just wait until someone perfects the Vape pens..:mjlol:
 

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But does vapes use tobacco or other weed derivatives???:what: I mean I know people was getting sick of the vapes because the chemical ingesting made it dangerous for certain people, but big tobacco targeting vapes and Evapes because they are shearing into the youth market... I mean cigarettes have tons of chemicals that lead to cancer but is NOT banned... just wait until someone perfects the Vape pens..:mjlol:

There are vapes of both tobacco and weed, but weed is already 21 and this bill covers vapes and e cigs as well.
 

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i don't have an issue with this per se, but we have stupid arbitrary ages for varying degrees of adulthood and overall it undermines what we expect of people at varying ages

age of consent (ie adult enough to have sex) anywhere from 16-18
go die for your country, get tried as an adult (can happen at earlier ages), intelligent enough to vote - 18

but wait, you can do all that but not be grown enough to
drink, smoke, gamble - 21

or rent a car - 25

just make full adulthood be 21 (and a universal age of consent be 18)
 

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Do laws like this even make a difference in usage rates? I haven’t done much research on that, I’m skeptical of this current senate passing anything of benefit

I think they’ve done studies where it shows that it does. People are a lot less likely to become addicted for life if they start after age 21.
 

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I didn't get carded for alcohol until I went to college...growing up in NYC, the minute you look old enough, copping a 40 or some shyt from the corner store ain't nothing especially if it's night time.

People will just have older people buy the cigs or vape for them
 
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