No cigarettes for those under 21 in California. The “Tobacco 21” law which has just been validated by Californian senators is considered “the most extensive tobacco control legislation in more than a decade” by parliamentarians in this state, the most populous of the States. United.
For good reason, if it passes the last stage of ratification by being validated by the governor of the state, it plans to prohibit the sale of tobacco to under 21s.
Corn E-cigarette is also in the sights of lawmakers. As undesirable as regular tobacco, its sale would also be prohibited to those under 21, compared to 18 today. For public health concerns, “vaping” will also be banned in public places in California.
Once adopted, this legislative arsenal which sets a legal smoking age will in fact be aligned with the minimum legal age for consuming alcohol in the United States, also set at 21 years.
Leading cause of preventable death
Why this precise age? 90% of smokers consume their first cigarette before age 21, say parliamentarians. 75% of adolescents who smoke continue to do so into adulthood. “We were not going to stand by the multinational tobacco companies who sell our children” cigarettes and create a new generation intoxicated by a product that will ultimately kill them, “Senator Ed Hernandez told AFP, author of the new law.
This text will allow fight against the ravages of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death in the United States “with 480,000 people dying each year, including 40,000 because of passive smoking,” says the senator.
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