smoking age
Gov. Brown signs bill to raise smoking age to 21: Vaping, chewing, dipping included
Submitted by paula on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 4:38pm
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday enacted California’s most significant new tobacco regulations in decades, signing laws that will place tight restrictions on use of the increasingly popular e-cigarette and make California the second state to raise its smoking age to 21.
Brown signed five closely-watched bills, which will also expand smoking restrictions in the workplace and on school properties.
But he vetoed one measure that would have allowed cities and counties to impose local taxes on tobacco products.
California Assembly votes to raise smoking age to 21, seeks e-cigarette bans
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 11:33am
In an effort to target young smokers and keep them away from the harm of nicotine, the California Assembly voted to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 on Thursday. If it passes the Senate, California would be among the first states to raise the smoking age. Hawaii has already done so, and it appears New Jersey isn't far behind.
Last year, the state Senate approved the bill but it stalled for months in the Assembly, so many legislature observers in Sacramento think the move to raise the smoking age won't face much opposition.
